LOUISIANA PURCHASE - WAR OF 1812

Allowing American farmers to ship and store their goods temporarily in warehouses in New Orleans was known as the

• right to ship

• right of deposit

• right of storage

• right of warehousing

The Louisiana Purchase allowed the United States to purchase 600 million acres of land in North America for only

• 2 million

• 10 million

• 15 million

• The United State did not purchase Louisiana

To add terrritroy to an already existing governmental unit, such as a city, state, or nation

• Annex

• Treaty

• impeachment

• Revoutionize

Thomas Jefferson was president of the U.S. at the time of the Louisiana Purchase.

• TRUE

• FALSE

This was the first American governor sent to Louisiana. His first job was to convince the ancient Louisianans to become American.

• Robert Livingston

• Bloody O'Reilly

• Claiborne

• Napoleon

The U.S. gained West Flordia Territory through

• purchase from France

• a treaty with Spain

• purchase from Texas

• annexation

To become a state, a territory must have a minimum of

• 60,000 slaves

• 60,000 residents

• 60,000 men

• 60,000 Catholics

The United States' Constitution specifically gave the president the right to purchase property.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What was the Nuetral Strip?

• It was a "No Man's Land" Spain and America created to avoid conflict until the two governments established a permanent boundary between their countries.

• It was the area once called West Florida that was renamed when it won its independence from Spain.

• It was a region of land given to the Caddo by the U.S. government in an effort to keep them from joining England in the War of 1812.

• It was the name given to the strip of land at the mouth of the Mississippi River used as a tariff-free zone for the French, Spanish, English, and American merchants.

After defeating Napoleon's army, the British placed a blockade around New Orleans. Which of the following phrases correctly defines "blockade"?

• building fences or walls to keep safe from one's enemy

• sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.

• to stack items as high as possible without letting them fall.

• building of ships and weapons to use to fight in wars.