THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
THOMAS JEFFERSONS PRESIDENCY LOUISIANA PURCHASE LEWIS CLARK AND MORE
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They explored Florida.
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They gathered information on people and geography.
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It inspired people to move westward.
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They gathered information on plants and animals.
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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: -The Lewis and Clark expedition set out with all the following purpose except, identifying appropriate sites for major cities to be founded and built. Lewis and Clark and their party were not concerned with establishing cities on the plains of Midwest. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-3: -The most noticeable immediate effect was the rise in the northern plains fur trade between 1806 and 1812. During that period individuals like Manuel Lisa and John Colter–the latter a member of the Corps of Discovery–established short-lived trade from northern South Dakota to Montana.
Detailed explanation-4: -They failed at their primary mission. Jefferson had dispatched them to find a water route across the continent-the fabled Northwest Passage-but they discovered that water transport from coast to coast was impossible.