History of the United States I / Unit 11 USH1 1507 short lesson, about 20 seconds
What the Expedition Found
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The idea
After eighteen long months and near starvation in the Bitterroot Mountains, the corps reached the Pacific in eighteen oh five and returned in eighteen oh six.
In practice
Hundreds of plant and animal specimens, several named for Lewis and Clark.
Where people slip
There was no all-water route, because none existed. The expedition's central objective was impossible.
Your place on the trail
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