Based on the excerpt, which of the following was NOT a stated goal of the Lewis and Clark expedition? A. determining the best water routes westward B. driving Native Americans further west C. ascertaining the possibility of expanding trade D. inquiring about the possibility of rerouting the fur trade
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Excerpt from Ripley Hitchcock's The Louisiana Purchase and the Exploration, Early History, and Building of the West
Among the careful instructions given to Lewis and Clark we find that they were “to explore the Missouri River and such principal streams of it, as by its course and communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean, whether the Columbia, Oregon, Colorado, or any other river, may offer the most direct and practicable water-communication across the continent, for the purposes of commerce.” . . .
The explorers were to take frequent observations of latitude and longitude and to note the courses of the rivers, points of portage, and all important features. Several copies of these observations were to be made. The thoughtful Jefferson recommended that one copy be on “the cuticular membrane of the paper-birch, as less liable to injury from damp than common paper.”
Every feature of Indian life was to be studies with the greatest care. The explorers were to note the soil and face of the country, its vegetable products, its animals, the remains of any animals “which may be deemed dead or extinct,” the mineral productions of every kind, volcanic appearances, and climate. They were to investigate the opportunities for trade and cultivate the friendship of the Indians. On the Pacific coast they were to see whether the fur trade of the far Northwest could not be conducted through the Missouri and the United States instead of by circumnavigation from Nootka Sound on the Pacific coast.
Here is the question:
Based on the excerpt, which of the following was NOT a stated goal of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
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A.
determining the best water routes westward
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B.
driving Native Americans further west
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C.
ascertaining the possibility of expanding trade
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D.
inquiring about the possibility of rerouting the fur trade
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