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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from what country?Great BritainFranceRussiaSpain
- 2. Multiple Choice
How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory?
$5 million
$1 million
$15 million
$100 million
- 3. Multiple Choice
Why did the Americans especially want the Louisiana territory?
For control of the Mississippi River system and its ports
To spy on the Spanish
To fight and remove Indian tribes
To hunt for gold and silver
- 4. Multiple ChoiceHow did the Louisiana Purchase effect the geography of the United States?it tripled the size of the U.S.it had no effectit doubled the size of the U.S.
- 5. Multiple Choice
When did the United States of America purchase the territory of Louisiana?
1703
1805
1803
1813
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why was the location of the port of New Orleans so important?
It was the best place to go crabbing and fishing
It was a party town
It was a warzone between the Spanish and the French
It was the key center for trade along the Mississippi River
- 7. 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
- 8. Multiple Choice
What worried Jefferson about making the Louisiana Purchase?
The Constitution did not allow the president to make land purchases
There were deadly Indian tribes there
The British would fight to take it away
It would allow for expanded settlement opportunities and more freedoms for Americans
- 9. Multiple Choice
Before the Louisiana Purchase, what was the western boundary of the United States?
The Appalachian Mountains
Pacific Ocean
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
- 10. Multiple Choice
What did Thomas Jefferson originally only want to buy from the French?
St. Louis
New Orleans
Florida
All lands west of the Mississippi River
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why were rivers so important to the U.S.?
made plenty of drinking water available
allowed American farmers to more easily ship and trade their goods
to prevent the French from trading with Spain
none are correct
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of these was an argument AGAINST making the Louisiana Purchase?
a war would not be needed to take it from France
the price was very low -- about 3 or 4 cents per acre
the Constitution had no provision for buying land
it would open new markets for farmers
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWith the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, the United States could expand ___.to the northto the southto the westto the east
- 14. Multiple ChoiceIn 1804, the Louisiana Territory made up what fraction of the United States total land?1/81/21/161/4
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why did Thomas Jefferson send Monroe and Livingston to buy New Orleans?
He wanted to stop trade up and down the Mississippi River.
He wanted America to increase trade up and down the Mississippi River.
He really liked French people.
He wanted peaceful relations with native tribes living there
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