Chapter 10: Lesson 2A (Jefferson/ Louisiana Purchase)

Chapter 10: Lesson 2A

097A

Multiple Choice

The election of 1800 was decided by

• the Senate.

• the popular vote.

• the Electoral College

• the House of Representatives

Multiple Choice

Which politician died as a result of a duel?

• Aaron Burr

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Multiple Choice

Jefferson believed that _______________.

• the federal government should be large and strong

• state governments would limit freedoms

• the only way to protect liberty was to let the people do whatever they wanted

• the federal government should be limited in size and power

Multiple Choice

New Orleans was important to settlers in the West because _____________.

• without it, they had no way to ship their goods

• they passed through the city on their way up the Mississippi River

• they made money from taxes collected in the city

• it was the capital of the new territory

Multiple Choice

The size of the United States was doubled with

• the adoption of New Orleans.

• the expedition of Lewis and Clark.

• the Louisiana Purchase.

• Zebulon Pike’s expedition.

Multiple Choice

Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States because he had given up his plan of a western empire and needed money for war.

• TRUE

• FALSE