What is the importance of the Louisiana Purchase in relationship to the Lewis and Clark expedition?

Answer 1

The Lewis and Clark expedition, 1803–1806, was a U.S. expedition that explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase and the country beyond as far as the Pacific Ocean.

Thomas Jefferson had long considered the project of a western expedition, and as president he contemplated the matter in earnest and discussed it with his private secretary, Capt. Meriwether Lewis. When Congress approved the plan in 1803 and appropriated money for it, Jefferson named Lewis to head it, and Lewis selected William Clark as his associate in command. The purpose was to search out a land route to the Pacific, to strengthen American claims to Oregon territory, and to gather information about the indigenous inhabitants and the country of the Far West. Before the long march was begun, the Louisiana Purchase was made, increasing the need for a survey of the West.

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Answer 2

After Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase, he wanted to make relations with the Native Americans who lived there, and to map out a river route from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. For these purposes, he chose Meriwether Lewis to organize the expedition. Lewis asked Clark to join him as expedition leader, and the expedition began in 1804.

Answer 3

That is when the United States bought the territory containing several states and it was cheap like a penny an acre.