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The Westward Expansion came with the Louisiana Purchase which was when United States bought Louisiana from France for 15 million dollars. During this time Meriwether Lewis was assigned by Preident Thomas Jefferson to go explore the west, and he asked if William Clark could join him.

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The Louisiana Purchase was a deal France made with the United States. They sold the United States a BIG chunk of land for 15 million. Seems like alot Right???? To us yes but France gave the United States 828,000 Square Miles, and Alaska was 7.2 million. Yet Alaska is only 663,300 Square Miles! It would take to Alaska to have more Square Miles than Louisiana, but it would cost less being only 14.4 million. France basically gave us free land!

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During this time President Thomas Jefferson asked Meriwether Lewis to go explore the new land with William Clark. They started the expedition in May 21, 1804. People were cheering for them as they left in 3 small ships called the Corps of Discovery. They sailed down the Ohio River where they would have reached a tough terrain due to a lack of maps. They would meet Native American tribes for the first time. Seeing the Native Americans were dangerous assumed they were bad people. So the Corps of Discovery had to gift them with fish hooks, knives, and blankets to befriend them.

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In October 1804, Lewis and Clark were still on their journey, they met many Native American tribes. One in particular called the Hidatsa tribe which had a member called Sacagawea who helped Lewis and Clark along the way. She helped as a guide showing Lewis and Clark where to go and find food. She also helped feed the Corps of Discovery.

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Lewis and Clark knew it would be winter soon so they built forts near the Mandan villages to survive the winter. After the winter they met a French-Canadian Fur trader named Toussaint Charbonneau and her young wife Sacagawea. The captains hired Charbonneau to be their interpreter. The interpreter helped say words that Lewis and Clark could not understand.

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They had spent 5 months inside the forts and the Missouri River was now thawed so Lewis and Clark could resume their journey. The captains ordered men to take the largest boat they had, which was called a keelboat, to report back to President Jefferson about their findings. They took some plants and animals with them.

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Lewis and Clark made it to the plains which what are now North Dakota and Montana. They had seen lots of animals and plants that were unfamiliar to them. 1 of them was the Grizzly Bear but they had to kill it. They had now reached Montana and they were at the Great Falls of Missouri. Lewis took document on them. The Falls were a big obstacle in the journey.

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The explorers were about to face the hardest part, crossing the Rocky Mountains. Sacagawea knew the mountains like the back of her head because this was home to her people, the Shoshone. She convinced the Shoshone to help Lewis and Clark find a way through the mountains

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Eventually Lewis and Clark make it out of the Rocky Mountains, they cross over the bitterroot range. They crossed it and now they find it hard to get food. Clark and some men set out and they find Nez Perce(A village of Indians). The tribe gave them food such as salmon and the root of a plant known as the Camus. The Nez Perce were trying to weaken the men and kill them. A woman named Watkuweis convinced the Nez Perce not to kill them. The tribesman nursed the men back to health. Then they went to the Columbia river which leads to the pacific ocean

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The men had just sailed to the mouth of the river. 8 days later they were in what is now present day Oregon. They celebrated and carved their names into trees. Since the journey had ended, most of the men wanted to go back to St. Louis but it would be a hard trip back. Since the winter was coming they built a fort and named it Fort Clatsop. During the winter Clark made maps to pass off time, and Lewis was recording all their findings into journals.

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As Lewis and Clark made their way home, they wanted to explore more of the region. Lewis and his men would travel North of the Missouri while Clark went South of the river. They wanted to find more before returning to President Jefferson.

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As Lewis and Clark were returning to St. Louis on September 23, 1086, people were gathered by the riverbank awaiting their arrival. The corps have been across the country, brought back new plants and animals, and made friends with Indians. Lewis and Clark also told President Thomas Jefferson that there was no Northwest passage.

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This Padlet was made by Austin Nguyen and Alexander Pham
Citations:
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, By John Perritano
Social Studies : myWorld Social Studies Grade 5 Building Our Country: Student Worktext Grade 5 By: Pearson
Editor: No one

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Good job, boys! Impressive amount of information and very nice use of pictures and photographs.