WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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They brought back gold, silver, and many spices
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They brought back maps showing the major rivers, mountains, and important passes through the Rocky Mountains.
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They made maps of Texas and New Mexico.
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They told many stories of buffalo and Native Americans
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Lewis and Clark Expedition provided valuable scientific and geographic knowledge of the West. Maps that William Clark made showing the geography of the West were published in 1810 and 1814. These remained the best maps of the region until the 1840s.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lewis and Clark’s team mapped uncharted land, rivers, and mountains. They brought back journals filled with details about Native American tribes and scientific notes about plants and animals they’d never seen before. They also brought back stories-tales that made other Americans dream about heading west.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sacagawea is best known for her association with the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–06). A Shoshone woman, she accompanied the expedition as an interpreter and traveled with them for thousands of miles from St Louis, Missouri, to the Pacific Northwest.
Detailed explanation-4: -Discovering Diplomacy. One of Lewis and Clark’s missions was to open diplomatic relations between the United States and the Indian nations of the West.