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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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Discover, Kids. “Lewis and Clark Kids Discover.” Lewis & Clark 2013

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Americans knew that there was a lot of land west of the Mississippi River and that Indians (Native Americans) lived there.

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President Jefferson intended to find out

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Lewis was his secretary

*Appointed him to do it

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Jefferson and Lewis reviewed over maps for half a year

*Asked Congress to pay for a mission to explore the west, 2.5k.

Congress agreed

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Jefferson trusted Lewis to choose the rest of the team

  • Clark was a trusted friend from army days
  • Clark joined
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each picked a few men for their team

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*Chose several more together

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Lewis went to Philadelphia and studied map making, identifying/classifying plants and animals, minerals, navigating by the stars

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Met at their Wood River camp in St. Louis in Illinois where learning continued

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Lewis and Clark practiced calculating location by stars

*Got to know men

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They started the journey on may 14 1804

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“History.com.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2017.

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Called core of discovery

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“History.com.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2017.

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They pushed on and discovered the Pacific Ocean

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“History.com.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2017.

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During the winter Lewis and Clark stopped in present day North Dakota because they heard the accepted whites

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Blumberg

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