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A 5 page discussion of the intent and long term ramifications of this infamous expedition. The United States was at the beginning of a period of tremendous change, change that was determined by numerous interrelated factors. The issues she was facing revolved around difficulties in Native American relations, the intricacies of Jacksonian Democracy, the strategics of westward expansion, and the ideology of Manifest Destiny. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804 marked the beginning of an inevitable American westward movement, a movement that would not only be virtually unstoppable but also which
would caused a multitude of problems and "growing pains" for the United States. The United States was at the beginning of a period of tremendous change, change that was
determined by numerous interrelated factors. The issues she was facing revolved around difficulties in Native American relations, the intricacies of Jacksonian Democracy, the strategics of westward expansion, and the
ideology of Manifest Destiny. By the time of the infamous Lewis and Clark expedition, that expedition that sponsored by the U.S. government in
order to procure information about the lands to the west of the Mississippi River, the U.S. had already acquired ownership in the West. The Louisiana Purchase had transferred millions
of acres of Western lands into U.S. ownership and the government sponsored the Lewis and Clark expedition so that those lands could be explored to determine what resources were present
on the lands and plans made as to how to facilitate their settlement. As a result of the Louisiana Purchase the Lewis and Clark expedition would be on American
soil right up to the point it crossed the Rocky Mountains (Fritz, 2001). Interestingly, the Lewis and Clark expedition had been
envisioned by President Thomas Jefferson long before the Louisiana purchase was even a possibility (Fritz, 2001). Indeed, the plans for the expedition were in place while the lands to
be explored were still under the control of France. It was only Napoleons need for funds to address his problems back home that inspired him to sell the Louisiana
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