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Lewis and Clark quiz

This 10-question quiz goes with the curriculum page on Lewis and Clark history. Just answer the questions with a mouse click in front of the correct answer and your score will be compiled when you're done. Good luck!

1. Who was the president that requested money from Congress to fund the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt

2. What year did the Lewis and Clark Expedition leave St. Louis and head up the Missouri River?

1804
1806
1820
1826

3. Charbonneau was hired as a guide for the expedition and brought along his wife who was named:

Toussaint
Pompey
Sacagawea
York

4. Meriwether Lewis brought a dog along on the expedition named:

Seaman
Rover
White Fang
Spot

5. Near the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers, Lewis and another member of the expedition, killed their first:

Buffalo
Antelope
Mule deer
Grizzly bear

6. On their way west, how long did it take Lewis and Clark to go across Montana?

Five months
Eight months
Ten months
One year

7. In Montana, Lewis and Clark came to a place where "the water of this river possesses a peculiar whiteness" so they called the river:

The Marias River
The Judith River
The White River
The Milk River

8. Lewis and Clark came to where the Gallatin, Madison and Jefferson rivers came together to form the Missouri at the present-day town of:

Great Falls
Three Forks
Helena
Wolf Point

9. Lewis and Clark left Montana and headed into Idaho by going over:

Lolo Pass
Homestake Pass
Raynolds Pass
Flesher Pass

10. Lewis and Clark finished their journey and returned to St. Louis in:

1804
1806
1820
1826



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