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Lewis and Clark quiz answers

Here are the correct answers to the Lewis and Clark quiz. If you didn't get them all right, you can study the answers and do better next time.


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

    B. Thomas Jefferson


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

    A. 1804


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

    C. Sacagawea


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

    A. Seaman


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

    D. Grizzly bear


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

    A. Five months


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:

    D. 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:

    B. Three Forks


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

    A. Lolo Pass


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

    B 1806


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