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1. The Louisiana Purchase
By: Artsem Lutokhin

2. The Louisiana
Purchase made
up of about
828,000 square
miles
The Louisiana
Purchase was
territory
purchased from
France for about
15 million

3. The Louisiana Pur-
chase was one of the
biggest land deals in
history
The Louisiana Pur-
chase stretched from
the Mississippi River to
the beginning of the
Rocky Mountains

4. Expedition took 863
days,7,689 miles the
distance traveled by the
expedition, through
unmapped, unsettled
wilderness.
Expedition discovered
122 new animals and
178 new plants.

5. Sacajawea was
introduced to the Lewis
and Clark expedition in
November 1804
She translated for them
when they met with
other Indian tribes and
Served as a guide

6. The thirteen states that
came in the purchase
are:Arkansas,Missouri,
Minnesota,Louisiana,
Nebraska,Montana,North
Dakota,South
Dakota,Colorado,Kansas,
Wyoming and Oklahoma

7. Jefferson wanted to
explore the new
territory. He sent
Meriwether Lewis
and William Clark to
explore 1804-1806
Zebulon M. Pike
explored the territory
as well.

8. Born in Virginia in 1774
He had skills of an
outdoors-man
Joined the US Army in
1795 until 1801
Was chosen by
Jefferson to lead a
expedition to explore
the recently
purchased Louisiana
Purchase

9. Born in Virginia in 1770
Chosen by Lewis to
help lead the
expedition
Served as the
Superintendent of
Indian Affairs

10. Lewis and Clark
encountered many
natives along the
Missouri River
Some tribes were
peaceful some
weren't.

11. When Lewis and Clark
returned Thomas
Jefferson was happy
with there job, they
brought back many
plants and some
animals