Question

According to their journals, how did Lewis and Clark honor President Jefferson and other government leaders?

A)They named rivers they discovered after them.

B)They built monuments along their path.

C)They painted portraits of the landscape as gifts.

D)They sent thank you notes upon their return.

Answer 1

Answer:

A They named rivers they discovered after them

2,464 miles from the mouth of the Missouri River, Lewis and Clark named a river in Jefferson's honor. Captain Lewis writes, " we called the S.W. fork, that which we meant to ascend, Jefferson's River in honor of that illustrious personage Thomas Jefferson (the author of our enterprise)."