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8.1 Read the Document Lewis and Clark Meet the Shoshone (1805)

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MAP 8.1 the LoUisiAnA PUrChAse And the roUte of LeWis And CLArk Not until Lewis
and Clark had explored the Far West did citizens of the United States realize just how much territory Jefferson had
acquired through the Louisiana Purchase.
Lewis and Clark Lewis in the latest techniques of scientific observation. While preparing for this adven-
expedition Overland expedition ture, Lewis’s second in command, William Clark, assumed such a prominent role that
to the Pacific coast (1804–1806) led it became known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The effort owed much of its suc-
by Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark. Commissioned by President cess to a young Shoshoni woman known as Sacagawea. She served as a translator and
Thomas Jefferson, it collected helped persuade suspicious Native Americans that the explorers meant no harm. As
scientific data about the country Clark explained, “A woman with a party of men is a token of peace.”
and its resources. The expedition set out from St. Louis up the Missouri River in May 1804. They
barely survived crossing the snow-covered Rocky Mountains and then proceeded down
Quick Check the Columbia River. With their food supply running low, the Americans reached the
How did the Lewis and Clark Pacific Ocean in November 1805. The group returned safely the following September.
expedition reinforce Jefferson’s faith The expedition fulfilled Jefferson’s scientific expectations and reaffirmed his faith in
in the future of the New Republic? the future prosperity of the United States. (see Map 8.1).
Race and Dissent Under Jefferson
8.3 How did Jeffersonians deal with the difficult problems of party politics and slavery?
J efferson concluded his first term on a wave of popularity. He had maintained
the peace, reduced taxes, and expanded the United States. He overwhelmed his
188 Federalist opponent Charles Cotesworth Pinckney in the presidential election