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title: "What was a major reason for President Thomas Jefferson authorizing the Lewis and Clark expedition?"  
description: "What was a major reason for President Thomas Jefferson authorizing the Lewis and Clark expedition?"  
author: "agustina johnson"  
published: 2018-03-11  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39837/what-was-a-major-reason-for-president-thomas-jefferson-authorizing-the-lewis-and-clark-expedition  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was a major reason for President Thomas Jefferson authorizing the Lewis and Clark expedition?

What was a major reason for President [Thomas Jefferson](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42893/whom-did-thomas-jefferson-defeat-in-the-1800-presidential-election) authorizing the [Lewis and Clark expedition](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40651/what-was-thomas-jefferson-hoping-to-find-on-the-lewis-and-clark-expedition)?\
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