THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
THOMAS JEFFERSONS PRESIDENCY LOUISIANA PURCHASE LEWIS CLARK AND MORE
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
White Settlers
|
|
|
The Native American tribes of the Great Plains
|
|
|
Citizens of the United States
|
|
|
The French
|
Detailed explanation-1: -The expedition aided the expansion of the fur trade. The expedition also strengthened U.S. claims to the Pacific. Another of the expedition’s objectives-diplomacy with Native Americans-was accomplished. The expedition held numerous councils with American Indians and promised trade with them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Clark’s near-violent argument with the western bands of the Sioux Nation would cause Lewis and Clark to describe them as the “vilest miscreants of the savage race.” Clark was never known to modify the sentiment. The expedition was passing through the heart of Sioux country.
Detailed explanation-3: -For Native Peoples, the aftermath of the Lewis and Clark was anything but a positive experience. Perhaps the most devastating was the outbreak of smallpox among the Mandan in 1837, an epidemic which all but destroyed the once-powerful group.
Detailed explanation-4: -During their Lakota Sioux difficulties, Lewis and Clark barely averted disaster in their encounter with Black Buffalo’s people.