Transcript Exploring the West

Lewis and Clark
Zebulon Pike
John C. Fremont
Exploring the
West
Lewis
&
Clark
Corps of
Discovery
Up the Missouri River
Find out land bought from
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson organized
Traveled upstream against the
Missouri River and across land to
the Rocky Mountains
Indian country – most tribes
welcomed the explorers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc9tG9aD3P4
Their Legacy
Mapped a route to Pacific.
Established good relations with
western Indian tribes.
Explored the Louisiana Territory
and Oregon Country (land west of
the Mississippi River)
Zebulon Pike
His Legacy
mapped southern
portion of Louisiana
Purchase
explored Colorado;
founded Pike’s Peak
(mountain in CO)
captured & arrested
by the Spanish,
released bc of
American govt.
John C. Fremont
His Legacy
explored the Rocky Mountain
region to the Pacific, reached
Great Salt Lake (soon after
Mormons heard of the area)
crossed the Sierra Nevada
range
explored & settled California
region in 1840’s
SUMMARY
QUIZ TIME
1. Who single handedly saved the Corps of
Discovery from dying in the Rockies?
2. Which President sent out Lewis and
Clark to explore his new purchase of the
Louisiana Territory?
3. What was the primary objective for the
Corps of Discovery?
4. Which explorer mapped a route of the
southern Louisiana Territory?
5. Which explorer “founded” the Great
Basin?