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| One of the first of a group of people to enter or settle a region. |
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Frontier is the edge of a country or settled region. |
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| A flatboat is a large rectangular boat partly covered by a roof. |
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| A canal is a waterway built for boat travel and shipping. |
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| A manufacturer is someone who uses machines to make goods. |
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| Jefferson bought the Lousiana territory so farmers could trade through the port of New Orleans. Napoleon Bonaparte sold it because the French needed money for a war against Great Britian. |
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark |
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| They were invited by Jefferson to do three things: gather information about landforms, plants, animals, and climates of the West, study cultures of western Indians, and explore the Missouri and Columbia rivers. |
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This concerns the Corps of Discovery. A corps is a team of people who work together. |
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| An interpreter is someone who helps speakers of different languages understand each other. |
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| A source is the place where a river begins. |
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