Jefferson Era

Lewis and Clark intended to do all of the following EXCEPT

• take land from Native Americans
• map the geography
• collect plant and animal samples
• find a water route across America

The U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from 

• France
• Spain
• England
• Native Americans

Why was the Louisiana Purchase important?

• it doubled the size of the U.S. 
• it allowed the U.S. to defeat the Spanish
• gold was discovered
• gave the U.S. a trade port on the Pacific Ocean

Why did Napoleon finally sell Louisiana to the United States?

• because Spain wanted it back
• decided it wasn't much land
• didn't need it anymore
• France needed money

The Election of 1800 was determined by the __________________.

• Supreme Court
• Senate
• Electoral College
• House of Representatives

Thomas Jefferson tied with who in the Election of 1800

• Aaron Burr
• John Adams
• James Madison
• Bill Clinton

_____________ is when a country stops trade with another country as

• impressment
• embargo
• neutrality
• violation

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An important guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition was __________.

• Zebulon Pike
• the Prophet
• Sacagawea
• Tecumseh

French leader who sold Louisiana to the USA

• Napoleon Dynamite
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Francois Mitterrand
• Auguste Gusteau

Who were the War Hawks?

• Men from the Northeast who want to go to war
• Women who fought in the War of 1812
• Men from the South and West who want to go to war
• Men from the South and North who do NOT want to go to war