What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark exploration?

find a passage to the Gulf of Mexico
discover where the minerals were
explore the Mississippi River to its source
explore the Missouri River to its source

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What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark exploration?

find a passage to the Gulf of Mexico
discover where the minerals were
explore the Mississippi River to its source
explore the Missouri River to its source

Naughtyyy · Answer

They were trying to find diamonds, they began searching at y: 45 and didn't realize that diamonds don't spawn that high in the world. Shaking my head silly Lewis and Clark.

sariabeth · Answer

find a passage to the Gulf of Mexico

BankrolHayden · Answer

they did it so that they could find a way to purchase land to make america 2 times bigger than it was but i guess you could say it was to find the source of the Mississippi.

simsharrison · Answer

@mrshero do you still need help with this? 0-0

MrsHero · Answer

@simsharrison wrote:

@mrshero do you still need help with this? 0-0

no im finna close it