A New Nation 7th grade

What president arranged the Louisiana Purchase?

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

The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from what country?

• Great Britain
• France
• Russia
• Spain

Napoleon sold Louisiana to the United States so that he could pay for a war against

• France
• Great Britain 
• Spain
• Russia

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

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were which of the following?

• Politicians
• Explorers
• Buyers of the Louisiana Purchase
• All of the above

__________ was an important help as guide and an interpreter during the Lewis and Clark expedition

• York
• Mandan
• Sacagawea
• Toussaint L'Ouverture

___________________ was the name of the important journey of exploring the Louisiana Purchase

• Lewis and Clark Expedition
• Tom and Jerry Expedition
• West expedition
• Pike's exploration

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

Which of these is true of the Louisiana Purchase?

• It cut the size of the land area of US in half.
• It doubled the size of the land area of US.
• It doubled the size of the state of Georgia.
• It cut the population of the US. in half.

Thomas Jefferson was the ____ president.

• 3rd 
• 16th 
• 43rd
• 20th