| A | B |
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| Thomas Jefferson | Third president of the US- 1801 |
| Agrarian Dream | Proposed by Jefferson for our nation to be farmers |
| West of the Mississippi River | Land in which Jefferson wanted to explore |
| What state east of the Miss. River was not owned by the US | Florida |
| One million people | Lived on land between the 13 colonies and the Mississippi River |
| Louisiana Territory | Region of land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains |
| Napolean Bonaparte | Ruler of France who sells the US the Louisiana Territory |
| 15 million dollars | Louisiana Territory is purchased for this amount |
| war debts to Europe | Why does Bonaparte sell the US the Louisiana Territory |
| doubled | The US was increased by this amount after the sale of the Louisiana Territory |
| April 30, 1803 | Louisiana Purchase |
| $1 | The cost of an acre of land |
| Corps of Discovery | headed by Lewis and Clark |
| Corps of Discovery | groups of 40 men and one dog who explore the west by orders of Thomas Jefferson |
| William Clark | Skilled mapmaker and naturalist |
| Merriweather Lewis | soldier and researcher |
| 1803 in Missouri | Lewis and Clark Exploration begins |
| Shoshone | The Native American tribe in which Sacagwea belonged to |
| direct water route to the west | Jefferson's main goal of the lewis and Clark Exploration |
| Charbonneau | Sacagawea's french husband |
| Sacagawea | Translator, peace maker and guide also got Lewis and Clark horses to navigate the Rocky mountains |
| Rocky Mountains | The most treacherous part of the exploration occured here |
| York | African American slave who was a good hunter and accompanied L and C on the exploration |
| November 1805 | Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean |
| 140 | # of maps created to help understand the NW |
| Friendly encounters | The Native Americans knew Lewis and Clark wanted these because they were traveling with a woman and child |
| journals | These were used to keep track of L & C's findings |
| No direct water route | this was not found during the exploration |
