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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19 From Marias River to the Great Falls June 3 - June 20, 1805.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Meriwether Lewis and Thomas Jefferson's families have this in common.
(a) They both are avid slaveowners
(b) They smoke fresh-picked tobacco
(c) They are second cousins
(d) They own plantations in Virginia

2. The Captains inadvertently caused trouble by giving the three Indian chiefs
(a) Medals
(b) Beads
(c) Whiskey
(d) Promises

3. Merriwether Lewis and Captain William Clark are
(a) Distant rivals
(b) Very close friends
(c) Related by marriage
(d) Acquainted but not familiar

4. The most serious delay in starting the expedition was due to
(a) The process of choosing men to participate
(b) The building of the boat
(c) The slowness of the US mail
(d) Having to locate large quantities of dried food

5. Lewis hoped that the Indians would accept
(a) American sovereignty
(b) The idea of sharing the buffalo
(c) The concept of trading their furs for beads
(d) The ravaging of their lands

Short Answer Questions

1. Black Buffalo was a chief of the

2. Thomas Jefferson appoints Meriweather Lewis as

3. During Jefferson's time, Americans were obsessed with the concept of

4. Proceeding downstream on wet clay, the party found the ground to be extremely

5. The difference between a canoe and a pirogue is that

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