Name: ______p.___ Ch.10 The Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expedition
Objectives:
Ø Explain why control of the Mississippi River was important to the United States
Ø Describe how the United States purchased Louisiana
Ø List the results of the explorations of Lewis & Clark and of Zebulon Pike
DAY 1: Segment 1 00:00–11:05 and Segment 2 16:21-25:26
Segment 1: 00:00–11:05
1. The expedition sets out on April _ , _ _ _ _ / 2. Sergeant John Ordway writes to his parents, the expedition’s plan is to sail up the M ______R _ _ _ _ with a boat as far as it is navigable and then go by land to the P ______ Ocean.3A. About how many men travel with Lewis & Clark on their expedition? / 3B. How long do they expect to be gone? / 3C. If they make “great discoveries” what will they receive?
4. The Lewis & Clark Expedition was a time of many American Firsts Challenges …
The FIRST citizens to experience the G _ _ _ _ P _ _ _ _ _.
The FIRST citizens to see the peaks of the R _ _ _ _ M ______.
The FIRST to cross the C ______D _ _ _ _ _ , where the rivers flow West.
The FIRST citizens to reach the P ______O _ _ _ _ by land.
5. What had the Lewis and Clark expedition heard about the Native Americans they would meet? (2)
A. / B.6. The Lewis & Clark expedition called themselves the “C _ _ _ _ of D ______” … the most important discovery Lewis & Clark would make was “T _ _ L _ _ _ I _ _ _ _ _”.
7. OPINION. 2-3 Complete Sentences. The writer Dayton Duncan says that Lewis & Clark “turned the country West” … and this idea of focusing the country on the West was important because the West would come to represent “HOPE” and POSSIBILITY”.
Why do you think the West would eventually represent hope possibility to so many Americans?
8. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, _ out of _ Americans lived within _ _ miles of the
A ______O _ _ _ _ . When Jefferson first became president, the United States’ land ended at the M ______R _ _ _ _.
9. How did Thomas Jefferson think the wealth of the American West would be unlocked? Explain.
10. Thomas Jefferson believed not enough was known about the West. After requesting from Congress the funds to send an expedition, Jefferson put his _ _ year old
P ______S ______, Meriwether Lewis, in charge of the expedition.
Thomas Jefferson knew Lewis sometimes D _ _ _ _ too much and became occasionally
D ______ . Jefferson still believed Lewis would be the best person for the expedition.
11. How did William Clark become involved in the expedition?
12. Identify 3 facts about William Clark’s background that made him a good fit for exploring the West.
A. / B. / C.13. OPINION. 2-3 Complete Sentences. Before the expedition, Jefferson had Lewis study with the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. There he studied for months with the country’s leading scientists – botany, zoo-ology, mineralogy, and celestial astronomy.
Why do you think Jefferson had Lewis further educated?
14. OPINION. 2-3 Complete Sentences. The expedition’s supplies included gunpowder, lead, the most advanced rifles of the time, scientific instruments, tents, & woolen blankets to trade with the Indian tribes they expected to meet.
What do these supplies tell you about what Lewis Clark believed their expedition would be like?
Segment 2: 16:20-25:26
15. Historians know a limited amount of information about the men traveling with the Corps of Discovery. Identify 3 facts historians do know about these men!
A. / B. / C.16. Who is the man identified as “YORK” and what is his relationship to William Clark?
17. What were some of the difficulties in sailing up the Missouri River? (identify 5)
A. / B. / C. / D. / E.18. What were some of the foods the men received each day? (3)
A. / B. / C.19. Lewis and Clark made M _ _ _ and collected P _ _ _ _ _ and samples of the S _ _ _ .
20. How did the expedition celebrate the Fourth of July?
Lewis Shot the Keel Boat’sC _ _ _ _ _ / the men drank an extra ration of W ______ / the captains named a stream they passed,
“I ______
C _ _ _ _ ”
21. Why did Lewis, Clark, and many of the other men write extensively in their journals?
22. OPINION. 2-3 Complete Sentences. During the expedition Lewis & Clark “court marshaled” more than a few of the young men traveling with them. Hugh Hall broke into the whiskey reserves; Private Willard fell asleep while on guard duty; John Collins talked back to Clark – these prisons received judgments from the impromptu courts: “… the prisoner is guilty. And the court sentences him to receive 100 lashes on his bare back.”
After the first summer of travelling, the punishments mentioned above, no additional men had to be disciplined during the entire expedition – WHY do you think this was the case?
23. On August 20, 1804, Sgt. Floyd dies. He is the first to die on the journey. He is buried with military honors.
Name: ______p.___ Ch.10 The Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expedition
DAY 2: William Clark created several maps along the expedition’s journey. Imagine that you have been asked to create a map of a place that you have never visited before.
a. What would you need to learn about the area in order to create the map?
b. What things would you record on the map to make it easy for someone else to follow the same route and find the same places later?
Using the clues below label (with COLOR) and draw the map as Lewis and Clark would have throughout their expedition west. Begin with the first star and include all of the bold and underlined details in your map.
Missouri River – Preparation for the expedition started in fall 1803 at the mouth of the Missouri river. The Corps of Discovery began by making their way upstream with a keelboat and two smaller pirogues. Clark spent most of the journey charting the course while the rest of his team were keeping their eyes out for Indians in hopes they would encounter a peaceful tribe.
Saint Louis – Located close to the mouth of the Missouri river, Saint Louis would act as the base camp for the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Death of Sgt. Floyd – The Corps of Discovery encounters their first Indian tribe, the Missouri. The encounter was friendly as the two groups exchanged greetings and gifts. After the meeting between present day Iowa and Nebraska at the Platte River, Sgt. Floyd would fall ill and die as a result of appendicitis.
Fort Mandan – Hoping to cover as many miles as possible before the river froze, Lewis and Clark reached the Mandan Tribe’s village, located near present-day central North Dakota, at first snowfall. The expedition built a fort for protection against the bitter winter.
Three Forks – The Corps of Discovery eventually came to a fork in the river. Each branch, located in present day western Montana, was of equal size, but the captains believed the southern branch was the Missouri and would lead the explorers to the Rocky Mountains.
Great Falls – Advised by the Indian tribes of the Great Falls, Lewis was astonished to find there were five, not one water falls. Connecting the northern and southern branches of the Three Forks horizontally, the Great Falls would prove to be difficult to get around.
Shoshone Tribe – In present-day south western Montana, just after the Great Falls, the Corps of Discovery ran into a Shoshone Indian on horseback. The explorers bargained for horses to complete their journey on.
Continental Divide – A pass through the mountain range in the West extending north and south on the present day border of Montana and Idaho, The Continental Divide provided not game for hunting and the explorers found themselves with little to no food left.
Fort Clatsop – Riding the quick Clearwater River current, the settlers continued their journey through present-day Idaho and directly along what would become the border between Oregon and Washington to Fort Clatsop on the coast of Oregon. Here, the men took in the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
Now that you have made a map similar to that of Lewis and Clark, answer these questions:
a. How easy or difficult is it to make a map?
b. Do you think it would be easier or harder if the territory were unfamiliar? Why?
c. Do you think you would have the patience and precision that was required of William Clark to map the Corps of Discovery's route?
Name: ______p.___ Ch.10 The Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expedition
DAY 3: Segment 3 32:18-49:52 and Segment 4: 1:50-13:53
PPT SUMMARY
1. Hire Toussaint Charbonneau as interpreter, his wife is S ______comes along as well. / 2. The S ______tried to cut off the Corp of Discovery / 3. The expedition had now reached a point of the great U ______4. Upon reaching the C ______D _ _ _ _ _ they faced the daunting task of mountains / 5. The expedition realizes there is no W _ _ _ _ W _ _ stretching across the country. / 6. By the Summer of 1805 they had been gone for ____ years
Segment 3 32:18-49:52
THE LAND (4 bullet points)
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THE ANIMALS (4 bullet points)
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NATIVE AMERICANS (4 bullet points)
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The TETON SIOUX (4 bullet points)
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Segment 4: 1:50-13:53
7. Lewis went along to look for the H _ _ _ _ _ needed to cross the M ______.
8. The Natives they were looking for were S ______I _ _ _ _ _ _.
9. The corps notes the Shoshone are the most T ______Indians they have met so far.
10. What did Lewis give the Shoshone Women as a sign of peace?
A. B.
11. What was the Shoshone tribe’s reaction to meeting the Corps? 2-3 sentences
12. Sacagawea and her child symbolized they were not a W _ _ P _ _ _ _.
13. What was the coincidence that occurred when Sacagawea arrived at the Shoshone camp?
14. In honor of their agreement between the Shoshone to acquire horses Lewis and Clark named the site
C _ _ _ F ______.
15. List 2 Reasons: What is so significant about Lewis’ journal entry on his 31st birthday?
A. B.
Name: ______p.___ Ch.10 The Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expedition
DAY 4: Meriwether Lewis & William Clark set out into the American West, venturing into territories which no other American had seen. Part of Thomas Jefferson’s instructions to the Corps of Discovery was to take copious notes throughout their expedition. What were some of their discoveries?
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In the space below, imagine you are writing from the perspective of someone in the Corps of Discovery. You are writing a DIARY ENTRY, essentially, a RECORD to THOMAS JEFFERSON of what you have been seeing and observing. Your writing must:
1) meet LENGTH requirements,
2) Include at least _____ Discoveries you have made,
3) Be Sincere/Serious,
4) Include SPECIFIC DETAILS.
Name: ______p.___ Ch.10 The Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expedition
DAY 5: Segment 5 22:43-32:30 and Segment 6: 32:37- 47:23
Segment 5 22:43-32:30
1. What does Watkuweis mean?
2. Twisted Hair decided the Nez Perce should K _ _ _ the explorers of the Corps of Discovery.
3. List 3 reasons why it would have benefited Nez Perce to kill the expedition.
A. / B. / C.4. An old woman named W ______ tells the men to be good to the white men.
5. Nez Perce decides to B ______ corps.
6. The men got sick off R _ _ _ _.
7. The Nez Perce taught them how their method of using F _ _ _ to hollow out C _ _ _ _ _ .
8. For the 1st time since St. Louis, the Corps of discover had the C ______at their B _ _ _ .
9. On October 16th they reached the C ______R _ _ _ _.
10. Which two crucial items do they find to be scarce?
A. B.
11. Everywhere they looked on the river they saw S _ _ _ _ _.
12. They corps became tired of S _ _ _ _ _ so they would trade Indians for D _ _ to eat.
13. What mountain did the Corps of Discovery see next?
14. This mountain signified they were moving out of U ______T ______.
15. The Corps of Discovery was only ______miles from the ocean.
Segment 6: 32:37- 47:23
1. What is so unique about the weather of the Columbia River gorge?
2. What was so different about the Indians of the Pacific Northwest compared to other tribes? (3)
A. / B. / C.3. They corps thought they had reached the Pacific Ocean; however, it was just a huge B _ _.
4. The weather turned and trapped them for _ W _ _ _ _.
5. Clark walks out to find the P ______O _ _ _ _.
6. Scouting parties went out to find S _ _ _ _ to T _ _ _ _ with.
7. After the scouting party came up empty on the search for others to trade with the expedition named the area C _ _ _ of D ______ because they found no vessels.