Louisiana Purchase and Florida

Buying the Louisiana Purchase fit Jefferson's idea of...

• Agricultural America

• Strong National Government

• Implied Powers

• Free Education

Choose 2 reasons that the US wanted to buy Florida

• Seminole Indian raides

• Slaves kept running away to Florida

• Spain was trying to invade the US

• The French Governor was running the state poorly

Why was Jefferson nervous when France owned the Louisiana Territory?

• He didn't want France to sell it

• He was nervous France would create an empire in North America

• He was worried France and Spain would go to war

• He was nervous that France and Great Britain would sign a treaty

What were the three goals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

• Create maps

• Move the Natives out of their land

• Find the Northwest Passage

• Collect animal and plant specimen

Who did the US buy Louisiana Territory From?

• Spain

• France

• England

• Russia

Who did the US buy Florida from?

• France

• Russia

• Portugal

• Spain

What is the Missouri Compromise?

• It admitted Missouri as a free state and Maine as a slave state

• It gave Spain the Missouri land in exchange for Texas

• It admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state

• It eliminated slavery

Who went into Florida to end the Seminole Indian raids?

• James Monroe

• John Quincy Adams

• James Madison

• Andrew Jackson

What are 4 of the effects of buying the Louisiana Territory?

• Doubled the size of the nation

• Economic growth opportunities

• Made France declare war on the US

• Lead to Western development

• Missouri Compromise

What are 4 effects of acquiring Florida?

• Spain kept Texas

• Slaves had nowhere to run to

• The US had more shipping opportunities

• The US had to deal with the Seminole Indians

• The US payed 10 million dollars for the land