Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Quiz Yourself on the Lewis & Clark Expedition

1. Lewis and Clark left on their expedition on May 14, 1804, a year after what purchase doubled the size of U.S. territory?

Missouri Compromise

Jefferson Purchase

Gadsden Purchase

Louisiana Purchase

Seward's Folly

2. The mission of Lewis and Clark was to explore from the Mississippi River to what body of water?

Pacific Ocean

Gulf of Mexico

Atlantic Ocean

Baja Sea

Hudson Bay

3. Who was President Jefferson inspired by to send the expedition westward?

Magellan

King Louis

Vasco da Gama

Cortez

Captain Cook

4. William Clark was an army captain, but what did Meriwether Lewis do before the expedition?

Furrier

Marksman

Private Secretary

Cooper

Businessman

5. What was commissioned to provide Lewis and Clark with tokens of peace?

Indian Peace Medals

Peace Pipes

Peace Beads

Peace Rifles

Indian Peace Coins

6. What did Lewis and Clark christen their expedition?

Westwards Leaning

Corps of Discovery

Frontiersman First

Columbians

Discovery Group

7. Who joined the expedition as a translator in November of 1804?

Silas Goodrich

Alexander Hamilton Willard

Sacagawea

Pierre Dorion

Jean Baptiste Charbonneau

8. What river did the expedition ultimately follow to the Pacific Ocean?

Mississippi

Grande

Snake

Columbia

Missouri

9. Louis and Clark's expedition gave the U.S. claims in what future territory?

Oregon

Washington

California

Mexico

Canada

10. Of the many important contributions Lewis and Clark made to geography and science, the primary one was what?

Grizzly Bears

Maps

Astrolabes

Wooly Mammoths

Canoes