What was the result of the expeditions that were launched by Jefferson after Lewis and Clark's successful return from the West?
A) The reports from these later expeditions discouraged other adventurers and traders from exploring the southern and Rocky Mountains portions of the new territory.
B) The reports from these expeditions opened the way for other adventurers and traders, some of whom made a fortune in the fur trade.
C) The interactions with Mandans, Nez Perce, and other native tribes that stemmed from these subsequent expeditions and commercial trade resulted in the long-term improved health, the safeguarding of native lands, and an uninterrupted way of Indian life.
D) The U.S. Army began to develop plans to attack and kill Indian tribes in the Louisiana Territory thought to be hostile to white western settlement.
Answer: B
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