Vocabulary & Concepts: The Louisiana Purchase and Lewis & Clark Expedition
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This worksheet explores key vocabulary and concepts related to the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis & Clark expedition, helping students understand their significance in American history.
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Vocabulary & Concepts: The Louisiana Purchase and Lewis & Clark Expedition
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Vocabulary and Key Concepts
Louisiana Purchase: The land deal between France and the United States in 1803, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 828,000 square miles of territory.
Lewis & Clark Expedition: The journey led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from 1804 to 1806 to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Territory and find a route to the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest Destiny: The 19th-century belief that the expansion of the United States across the North American continent was both justified and inevitable.
Corps of Discovery: The name of the expedition team led by Lewis and Clark, tasked with exploring the Louisiana Territory.
Sacagawea: A Shoshone woman who assisted Lewis and Clark as a guide and interpreter during their expedition.
Source: The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States and opened the way for westward expansion. The Lewis and Clark expedition was crucial in mapping the new territory and establishing American presence there. Historians view the expedition as a significant step towards Manifest Destiny and American expansion.
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