JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONIAN AMERICA
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Question
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conquer the Native Americans west of the Mississippi River
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sign a peace treaty with our new neighbors, the Spanish
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locate the rumored gold mines in the “Black Hills”
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survey/explore the Louisiana Purchase and to gather scientific evidence
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806) was a federally funded venture to explore the North American West. The expedition’s principal objective was to survey the Missouri and Columbia rivers, locating routes that would connect the continental interior to the Pacific Ocean.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1803, Thomas Jefferson appointed Meriwether Lewis to organize an expedition into the Louisiana Territory to explore and map the area but also to find an all-water route from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast.
Detailed explanation-3: -They traveled with his list of goals: To establish a trade network across the country, to befriend the American Indians encountered, and to confirm or deny the theory of an all-water Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–06) was a U.S. military expedition, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark, to explore the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest. The expedition was a major chapter in the history of American exploration.