C. <span>Mexico still had a claim to the state of Texas.
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Thomas jefferson hoped that lewis and clark would find a water route linking the columbia and missouri river. The louis and clark expedition was shortly after the louisianna purchase. Louis and clark established trade with native american tribes, they studied animals, plants and geography
He had a hard anti-communist, no co-op with russia while the cold war was at its peak generating huge public support.
