MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Ohio
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Mississippi
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Arkansas
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Missouri
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Detailed explanation-1: -Suddenly a violent storm moved in, pelting the area with snow and hail. A painting shows explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark navigating the Missouri River on their journey to the West Coast of the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -Missouri River The Missouri River is the longest in the United States, and Lewis and Clark traversed all 2, 341 miles of it. The Corps of Discovery followed the river northwest from St. Louis all the way to where it begins at its headwaters near Three Forks, Montana in the Rocky Mountains.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lewis and Clark reached the country of the Nez Perce on the Clearwater River in Idaho, and left their horses for dugout canoes. From there they made their way down the Clearwater, Snake, and Columbia rivers, reaching the Pacific Ocean by November 1805.