The purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition included all of the following objectives EXCEPT
Answer
a.opening up contact with Indian peoples.
b.legitimizing a United States claim to California.
c.gathering scientific information.
d.looking for a water route across the continent.
Sacajawea’s roles during the Lewis and Clark Expedition included
Answer
a.journalist and map-maker.
b.financier and manager.
c.guide and mediator
d.all of the above.
1812 was critical for American Indians because:
a.United States’ boundaries were now extended to the Mississippi River.
b.they lost the ability to negotiate a middle ground.
c.small pox began to spread west of the Appalachian Mountains.
d.Tecumshe’s attempt to form an alliance with the United States collapsed.
In American history, the period from 1800 to 1850 has an “unfinished” quality to it because:
a.historians have not focused on those times.
b.transportation systems were not keeping up with the growing market.
c.political leadership seemed confused after the founding fathers died.
d.many young people living then had choices and opportunities.
From the standpoint of African Americans, the revolutionary era:
a.should have resulted in a redistribution of loyalist property to slaves.
b.offered hope that a racially egalitarian America was possible.
c.was a period of betrayal.
d.led to the emergence of a black middle class.
Pursuing peace in th
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