In 1801, trappersterritoryThomas JeffersonSacagaweaMeriwether LewisSelect your answer became the third President of the United States. Jefferson feared that SacagaweaLouisiana PurchaseFranceNew OrleansPacific OceanSelect your answer, led by General Napoleon Bonaparte, was going to expand its empire in the Americas. FranceLouisiana PurchaseNew OrleansPacific OceanterritorySelect your answer in Louisiana was an important trading port for American farmers on the Mississippi River so Jefferson decided to approach France about purchasing New Orleans.

When approached about the sale of New Orleans, the French government surprised the Americans by offering to sell the whole New OrleansCorps of DiscoveryterritorytrappersFranceSelect your answer of Louisiana to the United States. The New OrleansSacagaweaLouisiana PurchasetrappersCorps of DiscoverySelect your answer in 1803 included land as far west as Idaho and north as Canada. To explore the new territory and find a route to the Pacific Ocean, Jefferson asked territoryMeriwether LewisThomas JeffersonSacagaweatrappersSelect your answer and William Clark to head an expedition. Thomas JeffersonMeriwether LewisSacagaweaCorps of DiscoverytrappersSelect your answer, a Shoshone woman, joined the expedition as their translator.

The Pacific OceantrappersMeriwether LewisSacagaweaCorps of DiscoverySelect your answer led by Lewis and Clark, set out on May 14, 1804. It consisted of soldiers, Meriwether LewisSacagaweaCorps of DiscoveryThomas JeffersontrappersSelect your answer, scouts, Native Americans, and an enslaved African American. After traveling 8,000 miles, the expedition reached the Corps of DiscoveryterritoryNew OrleansPacific OceanLouisiana PurchaseSelect your answer in November 1805.