Throughout the expedition of Lewis and Clark, they have had an amazing discovery. It all happened in 1802… Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea told indians that they owned the land now many forks in the road- followed waterfall traveling west on Missouri River.The expedition took place in the Interior or the North America to the Pacific on the Missouri River. Thomas Jefferson wanted to find the Pacific Ocean and to see if the land is any good so he told Lewis and Clark to find it. That’s when they came upon
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Meriwether Lewis was a secretary to his friend President Jefferson and William Clark was in the military just before the expedition. Before that Clark entered the militia at the age of nineteen then entered the U.S. Military. Lewis was a captain in the military and served in a number of campaigns against native Americans. Next they both became leaders of the expedition across the West of North America. President Jefferson was planning this expedition well before he made the Louisiana purchase.
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The Life of Sacagawea Native American explorer, Sacagawea had an interesting life. She is most known for being the only woman on the Lewis and Clark expedition, but there was much more to her life than that. With many bumps in the road, Sacagawea’s life was a journey. In 1788, daughter of Shoshone chief, was born in Lemhi County, Idaho. Around age 12, a Hidatsa raiding party captured Sacagawea near the Missouri River’s headwaters. She was then purchased from the raiding party by a French Canadian
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Chapter 8: Lewis and Clark President Thomas Jefferson formed an expedition in which he put is secretary, Meriwether Lewis, in charge. This expedition was put into place to explore the Missouri River and find a good water route towards the Pacific. If a water route was found, the economy would benefit as trade with China would boost. Second in command on this expedition was William Clark. Lewis and Clark led approximately fifty men on the journey. Once they got into their expedition, they hired an
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The first branch camp under the jurisdiction of Camp Cooke was activated at Tagus Ranch on July 29, 1944. The camp was about ten miles north of Tulare on the west side of the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks off Highway 99 in the San Joaquin Valley.14 Construction began in early June when the Tagus Ranch Company, which had contracted with the Army for prisoner labor, began erecting Quonset huts to house POWs and the American staff. The California Department of Agriculture supplied the Quonsets. A
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By: Jay H. Buckley 12-15-14 www.britannic.com Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Lieut William Clark led a military expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest from 1804 to 1806. January 18, 1803 Thomas Jefferson sent a message to congress asking for $2,500 to send an officer and soldiers to explore the Missouri River and try to make contact with the Native Americans and expand the fur trade. Lewis bought weapons at Harpers Ferry. Virginia supervised the making of a 55-foot
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helped westward expansion. Sacagawea went with Lewis and Clark and helped them while they were exploring the land to the west. Sacagawea was an interpreter for Lewis and Clark when they reached the Shoshone. Sacagawea was also a guide for Lewis and Clark. If Sacagawea wasn't with Lewis and Clark, they wouldn't have been able to talk to the Shoshone. Sacagawea helped with the food for Lewis and Clark. Sacagawea told Lewis and Clark what plants they were able to eat, and what plants they
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the consumer feels. From start to finish, this is the “chain” that marketers are using to evaluate their research. An example of a Means-End chain can be found in the horse world, more specifically, Tobiano paint horses. There are many connoisseurs of Paint horses. I like the paints that have an even balance of dark coloring and white coloring, Tobianos. I like tobianos better because they don’t have as many diseases and fatalities when breeding them together. Considering health, they are
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Facts: 1) Ron L. Clark, Jr. (born 1972) is an American teacher who has worked with disadvantaged students in rural North Carolina and Harlem, New York City. 2) Clark is known for his ability to raise test scores by using unique methods that incorporate innovation, creativity and 55 classroom rules.He also wrote the book “The essential 55”. 3)In 2001 he won Disney Teacher of the year Award. 4) Currently Mr.Clark is working in the “Ron Clark Academy “,a new school serving low-wealth students from
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Mike Morris 1/29/10 Lewis and Clark expedition The Lewis and Clark expedition was one of the most important events to ever take part in the United States. These two very intelligent and brave men were taking a journey into the vast unknown to seek out what they have never seen before. Before this whole thing happened, Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase which nearly doubled the amount of land the United States had. The only bad thing about this was he didn’t know anything about the
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