President Jefferson's main reason authorizing the Lewis and Clark expedition was to
A) convince skeptics of the value of the territory.
B) advance scientific knowledge.
C) Christianize the Indians.
D) beat the Russians to the coast of the Pacific Northwest and thereby have a claim on the Oregon territory.
E) promote American business.
B
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