WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Sacagawea
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Eli Rice
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Gavin Hollum
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Big Ben
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Detailed explanation-1: -Simply because she was a woman, Sacagawea helped the Corps. Among the tribes the explorers met, her presence dispelled the notion that the group was a war party. William Clark explained that “the Wife of Shabono [Charbonneau ]…reconciles all the Indians, as to our friendly intentions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sacagawea was a Shoshone woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804-06. Also called the Corps of Discovery, the expedition traveled from the northern plains through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and back.
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.