Chapter 8

In what year did the Louisiana Purchase take place?

• 1776
• 1787
• 1803
• 1812

Before the Louisiana Purchase, what was the western boundary of the United States?

• Missouri River
• Pacific Ocean
• Rocky Mountains
• Mississippi River

The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from what country?

• Great Britain
• France
• Russia
• Spain

What did Thomas Jefferson originally want to buy from the French

• St. Louis
•  New Orleans
• Haiti
• Paris

What president arranged the Louisiana Purchase?

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington 
• Andrew Jackson
• William Henry Harrison

Why did the Americans want the Louisiana territory?

• For control of the Mississippi ports
• To spy on the Spanish
• To control Haiti
• For gold and silver

Why was the port of New Orleans so important?

• It was the best place to go fishing
• It was a party town
• It was the Catholic headquaters
• It was the main center for trade along the Mississippi river

The act of buying something.

• Purchase
• Authority
• Secede
• Louisiana Purchase

What president arranged the Louisiana Purchase?

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington 
• Andrew Jackson
• William Henry Harrison

How did the Louisiana Purchase effect the geography of the United States?

• it tripled the size of the U.S.
• it had no effect
• it doubled the size of the U.S.