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Territorial Expansion Pathfinder

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Territorial Expansion Pathfinder

 
Inventors & Historic Figures
   
World Book Trial Check out another encyclopedia. Use the great image search and the Table of Contents to navigate to the section on your time period.
Grolier Online An encyclopedia is one of the best places to start when looking for information. You can find articles about the person and collect background information about the time period and the places they lived.
Biography Resource Center Detailed articles about people. Also included are  magazine articles, pictures, and links to authoritative web sites.
Factmonster People  Short, easy to read articles about a variety of people.
InfoPlease Biography
Over 30,000 brief biographies searchable by name or category.
Invention Dimension MIT's Inventor of the Week Archives; search by inventor.
Invention Stock Photos  Search for Royalty Free Invention images
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Maps of Territorial Expansion  
National Atlas.gov
Maps of the Expansion And Growth Of The United States
Territorial Maps
U.S. Territorial Maps 1775 - 1920 - Choose a map by the year
Wikipedia Territorial Acquisitions of the United States
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North American Map Archive Historical and Cultural Atlas Resouce (NOTE: the Flash maps do not copy into PowerPoints)
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Research Links  
Provides a good overview of the trip with maps, images, and tables. Grolier is also available in Spanish.
Provides a background information and links for further research.
National Geographic: Lewis & Clark National Geographic provides an interactive journey log of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Includes timeline, discoveries, journal henries, drawings, historical photos, and more.
 
Lewis & Clark: the Journey of the Corps of Discovery
A companion site to the PBS film. Includes timeline, map, journal entries, information about Native Americans
 
Lewis & Clark: Mapping the West
Information specifically about Lewis and Clarks' experiences in mapping the area they explored; provides access to online maps and other primary sources. From the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
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