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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 Entering Indian Country August 1804 | Chapter 14 Encounter with the Sioux September 1804.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jefferson's interest in sending an expedition westward was to find
(a) A water connection between both continental coasts
(b) New and unknown species of wild animals
(c) Unknown Native American tribes
(d) Rare birds and plants

2. Lewis feels that Native Americans will become civilized citizens, but
(a) Wishes they would first learn how to dress
(b) Thinks it will take many centuries
(c) Does not believe African Americans will
(d) Hopes he will not become involved in it

3. Although he is formally educated, Meriwether Lewis returns to Virginia
(a) To care for his ailing mother
(b) To manage the family plantation
(c) At the behest of Thomas Jefferson
(d) To coordinate the education of his sister

4. The primary means of overland transportation in the 1700s was
(a) Crude highways
(b) Antique automobiles
(c) Horse-drawn carriage
(d) Waterways

5. Black Buffalo was a chief of the
(a) Omahas
(b) Tetons
(c) Sioux
(d) Arikara

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The men who served on Lewis & Clark's crew were punished for their violations by

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

4. France, having transferred the Louisiana Territory to the US, allows the expedition to

5. Shannon stayed lost for so long because he thought

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