Would You Close the Deal?

In 1800, the US was _______________.

• very large

• less than half the size it is today

• the same size it is today

• twice the size it is today

Why was New Orleans important to the American pioneers living west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• New Orleans was the only city where they could purchase food and other supplies.

• Most pioneers had to travel to New Orleans often to visit the city's banks, doctors, hospitals, and for other services.

• The pioneers shipped their goods on river flatboats through New Orleans to sell in the East.

• All of the answer options

In 1801, the president of the US was _________.

• Jefferson Thomas

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

When settlers moved west, it would take letters _______________ to get to them from other parts of the country.

• weeks or months

• years

• six months or more

• nine months to a year

The port of New Orleans was owned by ____________ in the late 1700s.

• the United States

• Spain

• France

• all of the answer options

Queen Maria Luisa of Spain thought all the land in America was ____________.

• swampy

• too poor for farming

• rich farmland

• already taken by British settlers

The name of the leader of France in 1801 was ____________.

• King Charles IV

• Napolean

• Queen Maria Luisa

• Claude Victor-Perrin

President Jefferson sent his friend __________ to France to talk to the French leader about his land near the United States.

• John Adams

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

• Robert Livingston

When the French general Claude Victor-Perrin went to Holland to get his men and supplies, he was shocked to find they had already left for ___________.

• New Orleans

• St. Domingue, Haiti

• Spain

• Great Britain

What daring idea did James Ross present to Congress?

• pay $15 million for the Louisiana Territory

• send 50,000 U.S. soldiers to New Orleans and go to war with France

• join the war with Great Britain against France

• blockade the French ships at sea