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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lewis left his estate to

2. Lewis felt that within ten years, Americans would

3. During the winter of 1807-1808, for eight months Meriwether Lewis

4. Lewis had trouble adjusting to his new role in which he

5. Jefferson's huge expenditures on the expedition were, to him,

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Lewis' biggest failure?

2. What were two of the worst problems for the expedition at Clatsop? Explain

3. Did Lewis' celebrity go to his head?

4. Does it seem odd that the Captains and their soldiers had no idea of how they would be rewarded by the government prior to their return from the expedition?

5. In what way was Lewis being overly confident when crossing the Lolo trail?

6. What mistake did Lewis make with the Blackfoot Indians with whom he was trying to make a deal?

7. What is it that begins to finally destroy Lewis financially?

8. Discuss Lewis' varied capabilities that made him the perfect leader for this journey.

9. In what area does the author feel Lewis' greatest talents had lain?

10. Can we ascribe any meaning to soldiers giving Captain Clark presents for Christmas, and no mention of presents for Lewis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would it have influenced Meriwether Lewis if he could have seen into the future? Write an informal essay about what changed after his death, such as.

1) Jefferson did not realize that the means of transportation would become faster and more reliable than travel by horse.

2) He did not know that Jefferson would expect him to take complete responsibility for publishing his scientific journals.

3) Some of Jefferson's wild inventions would become reality.

4) The country actually would become one nation under one government.

5) The Indians would be subdued and all but wiped out by the government.

6) There would be many thousands of Americans moving west and settling.

7) Britain and France would no longer occupy parts of America.

Essay Topic 2

Sacagawea was only one of Charbonneau's wives. Research and write an exploratory essay on Charbonneau:

1) Did the Charbonneau family continue to thrive in the region of the Mandan camps?

2) Are there still Charbonneau's living there now?

3) Was it a custom within the Shoshones to have two wives, or did Charbonneau think this up on his own?

Essay Topic 3

Research and write an exploratory essay on the Nez Perce Indians

1) The Nez Perce were favored by Lewis and Clark as being kind, generous and trustworthy.

2) Did the Nez Perce have any earlier history with, or prior reasons to trust the white men?

3) What was the ultimate disposition of their tribe? How did the US government deal with them? Is there a reservation? Is the tribe still in existence?

4) Research and describe the customs and traditions in the Nez Perce culture.

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