The Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase

President Thomas Jefferson

Lewis and Clark

William ClarkMeriwether Lewis

• Airplane December 17, 1903• America’s first commercially successful gasoline-powered horseless carriage

in 1894 • Railroads need rails to be laid first and we had never been in this part of the

land to lay track

Travel?

Keelboat and 2 Pirogues

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Why stop?

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The Great Falls

The Rocky Mountains

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Sacagawea

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Techniques/Skills

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Regardless the “road”blocks

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Challenge was Met

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The Louisiana Purchase

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