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- 1. Multiple Choice
When did the United States of America purchase the territory of Louisiana?1703190318031813 - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is represented by "4" on this map?The United States (before 1803)Louisiana PurchaseDisputed territory (between Britain, the United States, Russia, and Spain)Land controlled by the British (what is Canada today)
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat is represented by "6" on this map?The United States (before 1803)Louisiana PurchaseDisputed territory (between Britain, the United States, Russia, and Spain)Land controlled by the British (what is Canada today)
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is represented by "A" on this map?Missouri RiverMississippi RiverOhio RiverColumbia River
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhy was the port of New Orleans so important?It was the best place to go fishingIt was a party townIt was the Catholic headquatersIt was the main center for trade along the Mississippi river
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWho sold the Louisiana territory to the US?SpainFranceBritianPortugal
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich port did Jefferson want to control?SavannahNew OrleansMexicoMississippi
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat doubled the size of the US?MexicoCanada PurchaseLouisiana PurchaseCalifornia Purchase
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThomas Jefferson was the ____ president.3rd16th43rd20th
- 10. Multiple ChoiceHow much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory?$100,000$1 million$15 million$100 million
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich body of water forms the eastern border of the Louisiana Territory from the eastern part of the country that the US already owned?Oregon RiverMississippi RiverMissouri RiverTennessee River
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWith the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, the United States could expand ___.to the northto the southto the westto the east
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe Emperor of France that sold the Louisiana Territory to the USA?Toussaint LouvertureNapoleon BonaparteSimon BolivarFriedrick Von Steuben
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Pioneers settle near rivers?They wanted to ship their crops to market on the rivers.They needed water for their animals.They wanted to dam the rivers to build lakes.They liked to fish.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe two Americans that were sent to purchase the Louisiana Territory from France.James Madison and Alexander HamiltonMonroe & LivingstonJefferson & FranklinSacagawea & York
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe boundaries of the Louisiana Territory in 1803.South to the Rio Grande RiverNorth to CanadaWest of Mississippi to the Rocky MountainsEast from the Ohio River to New York
- 17. Multiple ChoiceNapoleon wanted to sell the Louisiana Territory for this reason.He wanted to control the Caribbean.He was tired of trying to expand his empire.He knew Spain wanted to control the Mississippi.He needed the money to pay for his war against Britain.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWho had control of the Lower Mississippi and New Orleans before France had it?BritainPortugalSpainGermany
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat happened when Livingston and Monroe met with Napoleon to buy the port city of New Orleans?Napoleon offered the whole area known as Louisiana.Napoleon would not sell New Orleans.Napoleon offered to let them buy Florida.Napoleon refused to meet with them.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhy was the port of New Orleans so important?It was the best place to go fishingIt was a party townIt was the Catholic headquatersIt was the main center for trade along the Mississippi river
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhich President asked Lewis and Clark to go exploring?George WashingtonBarak ObamaThomas JeffersonAbraham Lincoln
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