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    Sacagawea Sacagawea was a very important part too the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Lewis and Clark are known for finding a route to the Pacific Ocean. Some People think Sacagawea was just one other person that was with Lewis and Clark. I think Sacagawea was a very important to their expedition. She kept Lewis and Clark safe from the Indians. It says in Sacagawea “ Lewis .and Clark were able to secure many horses,an even and experienced guide to take them across the mountains’’. Since Sacagawea

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    exploration that would be long and dangerous. Seven years later in 1801 President Thomas Jefferson came to Meriwether Lewis and asked him to proceed to be his private secretary. Thomas Jefferson soon made an offer to Meriwether Lewis to lead an expedition to discover the vast lands west of the Mississippi River. Thomas Jefferson was very curious about this land and wanted Lewis

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    Exploring the Wild West: Lewis and Clark Expedition Kenzie Cvar 2nd period 11-20-2014 Romero DUAL Within the time period of 1801- 1809 Thomas Jefferson was President and participated in the Louisiana Purchase. America bought 820,000 square miles from France. (All land that stretched from the Mississippi river, in total 15 states were bought from the purchase.) With this amount of un-known land, Jefferson called for an exploration and hired Meriwether Lewis, Jefferson’s secretary

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    to be remembered. Although, he wasn’t the only man who impacted the United States during this time period. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark are the two men that are greatly known for their expedition across the Louisiana Territory. These two subjects, the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition, altered our nation immeasurably. The Louisiana Purchase came as a surprise that neither

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    Introduction It is 9 March 1916, very early in the morning a big group of Mexican revolutionaries loyal to Francisco (Pancho) Villa was heading towards the town of Columbus, NM. A raid was in the works and the events that were about to take place in that border town were unknown by the detachment of U.S. soldiers from the 13th Cavalry Regiment guarding the post. History Just a year after the Mexican revolution started relations between Mexico and the United States became tense after the resignation

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    The Lewis and Clark expedition were the first white explorers to set across the newly discovered land of the northwest. In their travels, they were able to gain new knowledge about geography, natural history and also human cultures never yet seen before. They were able to open up communications between various tribes and provide President Jefferson with new ways to exploit their newly found resources. Their explorations led to a new desire to know more about this uncharted land, thus leading Maximilian

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    Leaders are essential to any expedition, or group project. The thing that sets apart mediocre leaders from the extraordinary are the style in which they lead, their personal attributes, and their verbal characteristics. Sir Ernest Shackleton, the leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition on the Endurance, had exceptional leadership style, personal attributes and verbal characteristics. Each of these aspects contributed to Shackletons success as a leader. The style in which Sir Ernest Shackleton

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    One of the men was John Colter he joined the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1803. Tom Murphy is the other man he has been exploring the same area that John Colter did almost 200 years ago for almost 40 years. John Colter told many people about what he saw and no one seemed to believe him. Tom Murphy has been spending part of his winter in Yellowstone for the last 29 years. John Colter went to join the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1803. He later returned in 1806 and soon parted ways with Lewis

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    Lewis and Clark on the expedition? Lewis and Clark are explorers they were able to make maps of the land they explore. Sacagawea is a indian and she helped Lewis and Clark to navigate themand on the expedition. Sacagawea did not get anything out of helping Lewis and Clark on the expedition. I agree that Sacagawea played an important part in the expedition. First, Lewis and Clark were chosen to go on a journey to make a map for Jefferson the president. “He wanted the expedition to prepare the way for

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    about the weather in Antarctica. Also, he was the first one ever to come into a 100-mile radius of Antarctica. He was as famous as famous could be, and was a hero to thousands who read his book “Furthest South” expedition. He was also the leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, and before he set out on the Endurance he had already been to the Antarctic twice. There was a race to the South Pole and Shackleton just had to win it. But, Shackleton’s attempt abruptly came to a stop because

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