Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Program
Video Clip List
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View of Pacific and related quote from the journal |
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Reasons for the Lewis and Clark expedition |
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What America was like in 1803-1804 |
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How far west was America |
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The exact day Lewis and Clark got on the river |
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Relationship between Lewis and Thomas Jefferson |
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How Clark got involved in the expedition |
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Why Lewis and Clark kept journals |
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How many people were with Lewis and Clark when they left St. Louis |
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How Lewis died/td>
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Spanish efforts to intercept the American expedition
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Who wrote more, Lewis or Clark? |
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Who were the men and one woman who went on the trip |
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What kind of education Lewis and Clark had |
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How many species of animals Lewis and Clark found on expedition |
| 17 |
30:54.2 |
31:26.2 |
Visual of canoe similar to the one Lewis and Clark used on the expedition |
| 18 |
31:28 |
32:37.9 |
Jefferson's dream of settling the West |
| 19 |
34:28.5 |
35:11.8 |
Relationship between Lewis and Clark |
| 21 & 22 |
35:48.8 |
36:34.9 |
Relationship between Lewis and Clark and the Indians |
| 22 |
36:51.8 |
39:05.0 |
How many people lost their lives on the trip |
| 23 |
39:43.9 |
41:44.8 |
Story of Seaman, Lewis' dog |
| 24 |
41:53.4 |
43:01.0 |
Archeological digs at the camp sites |
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45:17.9 |
46:57.4 |
Total length and miles of the Lewis and Clark expedition |
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47:00 |
47:29 |
Visual of statistics of the trip |
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53:00 |
55:28.7 |
York the African American slave his relationship with the expedition |
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55:59.6 |
56:28.4 |
How many people who lived in the log cabin fort and why |
| 29 |
57:41.9 |
58:40.5 |
Significance of the fort |
| 30 |
58:43.7 |
59:16.8 |
Role of Russians in the expedition |
| 31 |
1:00:01 |
1:00:29 |
How Columbia River factored into expedition |
| 32 |
01:00:30 |
01:01:12 |
How did the voting and the black slave (York) come about |
| 33 |
01:01:18 |
01:02:07 |
Items Lewis and Clark brought on the expedition |
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01:03:38 |
01:04:36 |
What Jefferson knew about the Lewis and Clark journey |
| 35 |
01:07:09 |
01:07:36 |
What years were Lewis and Clark in the Oregon territory |
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01:10:59 |
01:14:15 |
Who was the better writer |
| 37 |
01:16:52 |
01:17:29 |
What did they do every day? Hunting, tanning hides, sewing clothes |
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01:16:18 |
01:16:45 |
Average age of crew (youngest, 18; oldest, late 40's) |
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01:23:39 |
01:25:02 |
Woman who came on the journey; having a baby out in the wilderness |
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01:23:39 |
01:25:02 |
Who was populating the area (?) |
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01:25:38 |
01:27:26 |
Food and drink-eating off the land; elk; "The Saltmakers" (visual and description); consumption of alcohol |
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01:27:28 |
01:30:30 |
White bear killed |
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01:30:31 |
01:32:26 |
Senior sargent - interesting character [who was it?] |
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01:32:27 |
01:34:47 |
Description of the cabins |
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01:34:47 |
01:36:23 |
Jefferson knew nothing of their whereabouts |
| 46 |
01:38:06 |
01:38:45 |
David Thompson; Canadian history |
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01:38:46 |
01:39:58 |
Rumors about missing journals |
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01:40:10 |
01:41:12 |
Captain's quarters tour; desks showing the naturalist vs. the map maker |
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01:42:48 |
01:43:33 |
Finding places for trading posts to promote trade out of St. Louis |
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01:43:55 |
01:45:52 |
Weapon that shows the air rifle they brought with them; Lewis demonstrated its capability at all the indian councils; Jefferson meant to encourage commerce by showing technology |
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01:45:53 |
01:46:48 |
Illness at Fort Clatsop-wet damp climate; Lewis was the "doctor" of the expedition |
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01:46:49 |
01:48:41 |
Diaries don't appear in print until 1814; Lewis dies in 1809-task falls to Clark; less than 2,000 copies |
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01:49:00 |
01:52:32 |
Did they observe Yellowstone Park? Mission to "follow the waters" |
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01:52:33 |
01:54:02 |
Why Fort Clatsop; forts were given to them |
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01:54:10 |
01:54:58 |
Diaries were written with a quill pen |
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01:55:02 |
01:56:22 |
Sacagewea-historically the guide of the expedition
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| 57 |
01:58:47 |
02:00:00 |
Frocks from the camp; made shirts out of buckskin; overalls covered the whole leg |
| 58 |
2:00:33 |
2:03:43 |
Source of the name "Vancouver"; age of Captain Cook and maritime journeys |
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2:03:44 |
2:06:12 |
New information about the linguistics, names, geography and places of Native Americans; understanding of native people as explorers; active-Cabaway came to Fort Clatsop and explored the expedition
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2:06:12 |
2:07:29 |
(Journal quote) Lewis reluctance to trust the native peoples; how that conformed with their need to trade
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2:07:36 |
2:08:25 |
Listing of the different areas and groups of native peoples; ethnographic tour of North America
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2:09:11 |
2:10:49 |
Stores of gunpowder; eating along the trail-elk, fish, roots, berries
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2:10:49 |
2:12:19 |
Patrick Gass-carpenter; sold his journal of the trip; his is the first eyewitness account of the expedition published
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2:13:05 |
2:14:57 |
Statistics about the expeditions: start, end, length, costs; $2,500 mythology; receipts totaled 38,000 but included other costs including land grants; begins federal government tradition of land exploration
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2:16:47 |
2:17:48 |
Fort Clatsop map; views of Pacific Ocean; development there
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2:18:30 |
2:19:35 |
Death of Floyd; was not caused by the journey itself
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2:20:50 |
2:22:31 |
Quote from text; importance of salt in preservation of meat; story about 18 elk that started to spoil
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2:22:44 |
2:24:08 |
Observations in Idaho, Snake River
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2:24:14 |
2:24:45 |
Weather, climate there; still cold in April
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2:24:45 |
2:26:24 |
Orderly quarters; guards on duty
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Little is known about their religious practices on the journey
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| 71 |
2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Dedication to cleaning, dressing skins to sew clothes (Visual of someone cleaning a skin)
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| 71 |
2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Consequences of cost overrun; Lewis is a poor financial manager
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| 71 |
2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Lewis preparation with Jefferson-he was his secretary; downplaying of publicity before the journey; British are surprisingly not concerned; Spanish are and try to stop the expedition
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
[Missed one]
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| 71 |
2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Water bourne journey-keep boat, canoes, perogues; size of vessels-how many people in each; building along the route
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| 71 |
2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Building highwalls on the outside; design of fort; flag from the time
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Demonstration of firing of American long rifles & Harpers Ferry 1803; measure poweder, patch, ball, ramrod (derivation of saying "half-cocked"); one of the guns doesn't go off
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Visitor's Center-map of North America
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Portraits of the three principals
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Maps from the journals
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| 71 |
2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Varieties of fish-catfish, salmon, candlefish (smelt), sturgeon, flounder
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| 71 |
2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Three forks of the Missouri (map); across the Great Falls; Bitterroots in the Rocky Mountains
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Jefferson peace medals; handshake with tomahawk and peace pipe
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Reasons for varying degree of relationships-Sioux versus Mandan
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Death of Meriweather Lewis (36 years old); Suicide or Murder
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
What happens to the different keel boats other artifacts
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
James Ronda describes how he came to be a western historian
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Effect of European diseases on native peoples-transformation
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
[missed]
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| 71 |
2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Advice for reading about Lewis and Clark
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
[missed history day student]
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Habits of writing the Journals during the expedition
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Quote about need for horses-centrality of native peoples to the west
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Trading with the Indians
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Journals provided study of the local area, i.e. measurement of California condors; Fort Canby; purchase of whale meat and oil
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
The Lewis and Clark journey was inevitable-Jefferson's determination to extend West
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
End of Journey; Jefferson's tells Congress it was "everything we could expect." It failed in that there was no water passage to the Pacific; Jefferson redefines and emphasizes the scientific accomplshments-empire of the mind
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Clatsopp Indians; interaction with the expedition members; who were these strangers who came from the wrong direction? Were perplexed that they weren't like other traders they had met.
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Disinterest in native women as sexual companions; history of vernereal disease; meaning of sex in different cultural settings-a way to seal commerical deals
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Chief Joseph; Nez Pierce influence; save them from returning to the East coast too soon
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
The whale story revisited-gray wales versuse blue whales; true measurement?
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Pronounciation of Sacagewea; Lewis and Clark's phonetic spellings
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
French Canadian fur traders influence and knowledge
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Visuals of Long Beach, WA; open ocean experience
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Later life of William Clark
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2:28:58 |
No casualties but one to appendicitis; the expedition kills two Blackfeet indians on the way back
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Overview of journey length (in Visitor's Center) on map
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Review of Jefferson's goals for the expedition-did not find water passage, but did begin empire in the west.
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Fort Clatsopp was their shelter; kept them alive
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Lewis and Clark disappeared from view; 1814 their official accounts appear; in 20th century their original words appear
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2:27:47 |
2:28:58 |
Meaning of their journey to the United States; meaning to people who make the journey--it's "accessible" history"
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