Louisiana Purchase

What president arranged the Louisiana Purchase?

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

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

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

• Britain
• Portugal
• Spain
• Germany

Why didn't the Federalists want people to settle in the West?

• They wanted their votes in the next election
• They were afraid they would lose power
• They wanted their trade in the East
• Because no one asked their permission

Why did Napoleon Bonaparte want to capture Santo Domingo?

• It was a beautiful island he wanted to live on.
• He married a women from the Island
• He hated Toussaint Louverture and wanted his Island
• He wanted to use it as a Naval Base in his plan to take North America

What is a Conestoga Wagon?

• A pull toy children rode in.
• A wagon pulled by horses along a canal.
• A wagon used to carry coal.
• A covered wagon settlers used to carry their supplies.

Who was the slave that led a revolt on Santo Domingo?

• Toussaint Louverture
• Harriet Tubman
• Dred Scott
• James Brown

What area did Zebulon Pike explore in the West?

• Rocky Mtns, Texas and the Great Plains
• Oregon, Washington and California
• The Upper Mississippi Valley
  The Gulf Coast region
• The San Andreas Fault area

Lewis & Clark were not the only people Jefferson sent to explore the wilderness. Who led two expeditions west between 1805 and 1807, going through the Upper Mississippi Valley & Colorado?

• Zebulon Pike

• Alexander Hamilton

• Aaron Burr

• Pike Smith