PLEASE ANSWER ALL 1, Why was free navigation of the Mississippi River something worth fighting over?

2. Why did Jefferson have such a problem deciding to purchase Louisiana?

3. Why do you suppose it was important for Lewis and Clark to wait in St. Louis for the transfer of Louisiana to the U. S.?

4. How do you suppose Lewis and Clark’s different skills helped them during th exploration?

5. Excluding anything the book says, what are some possible benefits to traveling through hostile lands with a woman and her baby? (no, she didn’t cook for them)

6. Describe the three effects of exploration in the west.

1.Because the south needed the navigation to keep their economy going. It was a lifeline to them.

2. the US Constitution does not explicitly give the president the power to purchase territory.

3.Sacagawea. While at Fort Mandan, Lewis and Clark met French-Canadian trapper Toussaint Charbonneau and hired him as an interpreter. They allowed his pregnant Shoshone Indian wife, Sacagawea, to join him on the expedition

4.they did however succeed in finding new information about the plants, animals, and Native Americans that were in the region so that American knowledge and culture could become greater.

5. Less likely to get attacked.

Explanation:

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