1. What were the major explorations of western lands?
A Nation moves West
What were the major explorations of western lands?

2. Lesson 3 Vocabulary
Topography: the surface features of a place or region

3. Louisiana Purchase
After acquiring this huge new territory from France in 1803, President Jefferson wanted to know more about its people and resources
Land stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains

4. Lewis and Clark Expedition
President Jefferson got Congress to pay for an expedition to explore the new Louisiana Territory.
Jefferson chose Lewis, and Lewis chose Clark to help lead.

5. Meriwether Lewis
Explorer of the American West with William Clark
Chosen by Thomas Jefferson to lead an expedition into the new lands of the Louisiana Purchase
Kept a journal of his 3- year expedition to the Pacific Ocean

6. William Clark
Frontiersman who led the early westward movement
Helped build the Wilderness Road through the Appalachians

7. Lewis and Clark Expedition
Jefferson had the following goals for this expedition:
find a water route to the Pacific Ocean
Study the area’s resources
Meet with the American Indians in this territory

8. Lewis and Clark Expedition
May, 1804: Set out west from a camp near St. Louis
33 permanent members of the group, each with different roles
York
Sacagawea
1805: reached the Pacific Ocean on the coast of present-day Oregon
Met many of the goals of the journey:
Did not find a continuous water route
Did map the mountains, plains, and lake they crossed
Met with the Mandan, Nez Perce, and other Indian groups
Jefferson was pleased with the results of the expedition

9. York ?
African-American member of the Lewis and Clark expedition
Hunted for food and cared for the sick during the expedition
Risked his life to find William Clark and others who were feared lost during a flash flood

10. Sacagawea 1786? – 1812? Shoshone woman who helped Lewis and Clark
Served as a guide and translator
Helped establish good relations with the Native Americans along the way

11. Opening Up the West
After Lewis and Clark, other explorers helped open up the rest of the west for settlement
Better maps allowed more pioneers to move west

12. Zebulon Pike 1779 - 1813 Army officer who explored the American West
Starting in 1806, he explored present-day Colorado and New Mexico
Pike’s Peak was named for him (although this was a mountain he tried unsuccessfully to scale)

13. Robert Stuart
1785 – 1843
Discovered South Pass in 1812 in present- day Wyoming
This pass helped settlers cross the Rocky Mountains

14. John Fremont
Explorer of the American West who also served as a soldier and political leader
Led an expedition that mapped areas of the Great Basin and the Pacific Coast
Supported the Bear Flag Revolt and later served as one of California’s first two U.S. Sentaors