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Lewis and Clark
By R. Conrad Stein
Genre: Nonfiction
Focus Skill: Cause and Effect Focus Strategy: Use Decoding/Phonics
Directions: Answer each of the cause and effect questions with a direct quote from Lewis
and Clark by Conrad Stein. Use quotation marks and copy your responds directly from
the text. These cause and effect responses will help you to think about what it might have
been like as a member of Lewis and Clark’s expedition. Also, include the page numbers
where you found your information. The first one is done for you.
Cause
1.) “In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson
doubled the size of the United States
through an agreement known as the
Louisiana Purchase.”
Effect
“Then Jefferson decided that American
explorers should take a journey through the
Louisiana Territory, which stretched from
St. Louis, Missouri, to the Pacific.”
Page 680
2.) “William Clark had perhaps the best
eyesight of any crew member.”
Page _____
3.) “Before they crossed the Rockies, the
Corps of Discovery faced the Great Falls of
the Missouri River in present-day
Montana.”
Page _____
4.) “The Shoshone were a small tribe who
were almost always at war with their
powerful neighbors, the Blackfeet.”
Page _____
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Cause
Effect
5.) “Sacagawea stared intently at the chief.
Then she broke into tears of joy.”
Page _____
6.) “In mid-September, a blinding
snowstorm struck.”
Page _____
7.) “In the Clearwater country, Lewis and
Clark abandoned their pack horses and
built new canoes.”
Page _____
8.) “On the morning of November 7, 1805,
the rain stopped and the fog cleared. A
chorus of shouts suddenly went up from the
camp.”
Page _____
9.) “But arriving at the Pacific Ocean did
not end the Lewis and Clark expedition.”
Page _____
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Cause
Effect
10.) “On September 23, 1806, the Lewis
and Clack expedition arrived safely back in
St. Louis, Missouri, where their journey
had begun more than two years earlier.”
Page _____
11.) “Before the expedition, President
Jefferson had hoped that the explorers
would find a broad river that ships could
use to sail directly to the Pacific Ocean.”
Page _____
12.) To Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark, the mission itself was their greatest
reward.”
Page _____
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Directions: Now that you have gathered a lot of cause and effect details about Lewis
and Clark, select 3 cause and effect details that you think would best help you to write
about what it might have been like to travel on the expedition with Lewis and Clark. This
will help you to write on the next page.
Cause:
Cause:
Cause:
Effect:
Effect:
Effect:
Traveling with Lewis and Clark
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Directions: Now that you have selected 3 cause and effect details from Lewis and
Clark, pretend that you are a member of Lewis and Clark’s Expedition. Logically
connect the cause and effect details you selected for your graphic organizer as you write
about what it might have been like to travel with Lewis and Clark.
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