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In what year did the Lewis and Clark Expedition begin?

  • 1800

  • 1802

  • 1804

  • 1806

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The Lewis and Clark Expedition began in 1804. The mission was to explore the Louisiana Purchase territory, establish trade with the native people, and claim the Pacific Northwest for the United States.
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