What was the name of the territory that President Jefferson purchased from France for 15 million?

Which was a main objective of Jefferson's for exploring the newly purchased land?

Which was a main objective of Jefferson's for exploring the newly purchased land?

Which was a main objective of Jefferson's for exploring the newly purchased land?

Which is NOT a controversy that arose following the Louisiana Purchase?

What was the name of the group that explored and mapped the LA territory?

Army captain appointed by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory and lands west to the Pacific Ocean

Who did Meriwether Lewis appoint as his co-leader of the expedition? 

to gain the vital port of New Orleans;  double the territory of the US; it was too good of a deal to pass up

A Shoshone woman whose language skills and knowledge of geography helped Lewis and Clark

An expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark that began in 1804 to explore the Louisiana Purchase

The idea that it was the Americans' God given right to explore the West and settle the entire continent.

Trail from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon used by many pioneers during the 1840s

1,300-mile-long route used by Mormons to travel west to Utah to escape religious persecution

Commercial route for Mexican and American traders from MO to NM

Trail from MO to the CA gold fields used during the California gold rush

Became easier, faster, and safer for settlers to move west. Popularization led to urbanization and connected the country.

New Orleans was at the mouth of the Mississippi River, so whoever owned it controlled trade (making Americans want it badly)

Extreme weather, Native American attacks, sickness, lack of food and clean water, long distance travel, death