USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

JACKSONIAN AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why is Sacajawea significant?
A
She was the first Native American to achieve American citizenship.
B
She served as a guide and translator during the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
C
She helped negotiate peace treaties between the US and the Indian tribes in the west.
D
She negotiated the purchase of Louisiana.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Her knowledge of the Shoshone and Hidatsa languages was a great help during their journey. She communicated with other tribes and interpreted for Lewis and Clark. She was also skilled at finding edible plants, which proved to be crucial to supplementing their rations along the journey.

Detailed explanation-2: -Historians generally believe that Sacagawea joined the Expedition because her husband had been hired as a translator. Still, Sacagawea contributed significantly to the success of the journey. Simply because she was a woman, Sacagawea helped the Corps.

Detailed explanation-3: -Perhaps most significant was her calming presence on both the expedition team and the Native Americans they encountered, who might have otherwise been hostile to the strangers. Remarkably, Sacagawea did it all while caring for the son she bore just two months before departing..

Detailed explanation-4: -Lewis and Clark talked with her husband, a French beaver trapper named Toussaint Charbonneau, and quickly realized how valuable his wife’s help would be. Sacagawea translated for Lewis and Clark when they met the Shoshone tribes and gave them advice about how to proceed through this land.

Detailed explanation-5: -USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) proudly bears the name of Sacagawea, the Shoshone Native American girl who acted as guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark on their expedition into the Northwest region of the United States. Sacagawea was born in circa 1786.

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