Lewis and Clark: Answer Key

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Lewis and Clark – Important Information for Your U.S. History Class Next Year

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According to this Internet site, when were Lewis and Clark born?  ___August 1, 1773____

Where were they born?  ________neighboring counties in Virginia_____________

What magazine did they both subscribe to? _______National Geographic Magazine__________

Start listing the things that make you think that maybe there’s something wrong with this site.   Find as many clues as you can that there’s something fishy about this site.  Who can find the most? 

1. National Geographic: It published its first issue in 1888.

2. Were they really born at the same time?  Both August, but different dates and 4 years apart.

3. within spitting distance?

4. middle school

5. no color photos

6. Craig’s list?

7. local shipping included.

8. Sam Walton and Oprah Winfrey

9. no television

10. That’s not how Jefferson got them to do it!

11.  Congressional Human Resources Director

12.  Suggested future uses

13.  fired?

14.  world-famous folk-rock band, The Louis and Clark Expedition.

15.  Lewis shot in the leg – It was actually the hip, but it did happen, and it was probably a nearsighted expedition member who did it.  http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/meriwether-lewis-is-shot-in-the-leg