Louisiana Purchase

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

Who sold the Louisiana territory to the US?

• Spain
• France
• Britian
• Portugal

Which port did Jefferson want to control?

• Savannah
• New Orleans
• Mexico
• Mississippi

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What doubled the size of the US?

• Mexico
• Canada Purchase
• Louisiana Purchase
• California Purchase

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.

How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory?

• $100,000
• $1 million
• $15 million
• $100 million

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

Who had control of the Lower Mississippi and New Orleans before France had it?

• Britain
• Portugal
• Spain
• Germany

What did Thomas Jefferson originally want to buy from the French

• St Domingue
•  New Orleans
• Haiti
• Paris

What is the belief that it is our destiny to expand westward and fill the country coast to coast?

• Manifest Destiny
• The American Dream
• Expansionism
• World Domination

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