Lewis and Clark demonstrated the viability of
a. American settlement of the Great Plains.
b. an overland trail to the Pacific.
c. steamboat navigation of the Missouri and Columbia River systems.
d. using Indian guides.
e. developing harbors on the Pacific coast.
b
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