1. Heading West: The Louisiana Purchase
It allowed the Pioneers to ship their goods to New Orleans a lot easier.
Heading West: The Louisiana Purchase
What was the importance of the Mississippi River?

2. The Louisiana Purchase
April 30, 1803 the U.S. bought New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory from France for 15 million dollars(about 3 cents per acre).
What was the Louisiana Purchase?

3. The Lewis and Clarke Expedition
This was an expedition (set up by president Thomas Jefferson) led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clarke, that explored the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase between
The Lewis and Clarke Expedition
What was the Lewis and Clarke Expedition?

4. What was the Pike Expedition?
Zebulon Pike was told to explore the southern part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1806.
His mission was to find the sources of the Arkansas and Red rivers.

5. What were the Effects of Exploration?
The Lewis and Clarke and Pike Expeditions produced the first good maps of the Louisiana Purchase.
Travelers used the maps to travel west.
Exploration also boosted interest in the Fur Trade.
What were the Effects of Exploration?