Louisiana Purchase

Lewis & Clark Expedition

(1803-1806); Expedition sent by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the U.S.

Louisiana Purchase

1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France. Made by Thomas Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US.

Sacagawea

A Shoshone woman whose language skills and knowledge of geography helped Lewis and Clark

William Clark

A skilled mapmaker and outdoorsman chosen to explore the Louisiana Territory

Meriwether Lewis

Army captain appointed by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory and lands west to the Pacific Ocean

Napolean

French leader who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States

Corps of Discovery

Official name of the Lewis and Clark Expedition members

Thomas Jefferson

President of the U.S. who made the Louisiana Purchase happen

France

country the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from

$15 million

the price of the Louisiana Purchase

1803

the year the Louisiana Purchase was made

doubled the size

what the Louisiana Purchase did to the size of the United States