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Oh Okay pushers to questions on this passage of this

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laundry list here this thing from Thomas Jefferson and just

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kind of quickly skim it Coming from a care down

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in having level soon and the names the nation's extended

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limits He had a young other food and clothing Moral

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physical fuel cleared on are going other objects where they've

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known as the soil and sowing Alright well according to

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the excerpt President Thomas Jefferson wants Merryweather Louis to do

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all of the following except what well think about it

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President Thomas Jefferson sent Captain Merryweather Lewis and second lieutenant

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William Clark to explore the vast lands he acquired in

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the Louisiana Purchase He wanted them to learn as much

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as they could about this new territory Well according to

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the excerpt though the president wasn't concerned with the educational

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methods of the nations in the West Instead he wanted

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to learn about the state of morality religion and information

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among them which is more long lines of investigating the

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level of civilization of these nations President Jefferson even hints

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that knowing whether they were civilized or not may better

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enable those who endeavored to civilize and instruct them So

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the answer here is deeds Learn about methods of education

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if you really care about The excerpt does indicate that

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President Jefferson wanted the explorers tto learn about the commerce

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among the nations of the West like fur trading and

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all that The commerce which may be carried on with

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the people inhabiting the lines you will pursue he points

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out they had to learn about the culture languages in

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traditions of nations living in the West The president is

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quite clear about this when he orders them to investigate

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their language traditions Monuments even wants to know all about

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their food clothing and domestic accommodations Well at the end

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of the excerpt President Jefferson tells Captain Lewis that they

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should also learn about the condition and topography of the

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lands in the West He says other objects worthy of

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notice will be the soil and face of the country

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It's growth and vegetable productions especially those not in the

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U S Well T J was a bit of an

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amateur scientist In addition Teo being a political leader he

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no doubt wanted to pour over the logs from the

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journey and soak up a CZ much as possible about 00:02:07.82 --> [endTime] the lands to the West Anyway that's interesting

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