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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 Down the Ohio September - November 1803 | Chapter 10 Up the Mississippi to Winter Camp November 1803 - March 1804.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Jefferson's suggestion to Napoleon regarding New Orleans?
(a) Sign the area over to the British to arouse enmity
(b) Cede the area to the U.S. to prevent a war between allies
(c) Go to war with Spain to establish possesssion
(d) Cede the area to Spain in order to balance things

2. In preparation for the expedition, Lewis oversees the construction of
(a) Artifacts for trading with Native Americans
(b) Wagons to carry supplies overland
(c) A large, iron, collapsible boat
(d) A large, waterproof teepee for the troops

3. Lewis' political leanings favor
(a) Federalist thinking
(b) Republic philosophies
(c) Socialism
(d) Democrat party

4. Meriwether Lewis has a penchant for
(a) Picking tobacco
(b) Rambling
(c) Horse grooming
(d) Poker

5. When the funds were appropriate from Congress for the expedition, Jefferson undertook to
(a) Show Lewis how to calculate latitude and longitude
(b) Have Lewis come to live with him in the presidential house
(c) Gather wagons and guns for Lewis
(d) Have Lewis fully educated by experts in many fields

Short Answer Questions

1. Meriwether Lewis, on the journey down the Ohio, contracts

2. Thomas Jefferson appoints Meriweather Lewis as

3. Andre Michaux was selected to lead an expedition west until Jefferson discovered that

4. Among his peers, Lewis is considered

5. Even as a private, Lewis is accepted among military officers because

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