P6 HSS 6.01

In 1803, France sold over 800,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River to the United States for 15 million dollars in the ______________.

• Gadsden Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

• Texan Annexation

• Mexican Cession

The United States needed free access to the __________ River for trade and the transportation of goods.

• Mississippi

• Rio Grande

• Missouri

• Colorado

President ________ and other Americans wanted control of the Port of New Orleans,

• Robert Livingston

• James Monroe

• Thomas Jefferson

Lewis and Clark put together a team that became known as the ___________.

• Justice League

• The Avengers

• A Team

• Corps of Discovery

Lewis and Clark named waterways, mountains, and other locations after loved ones- including their dog!

• True

• False

The Lewis and Clark Expedition did not contribute to the scientific and geographic knowledge of the western part of the continent.

• True

• False

_______ more states were created from the land bought as the Louisiana Purchase.

• 25

• 50

• 1

• 15

In 1803, the United States and _____ signed a treaty and gained 800,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River in the Louisiana Purchase

• Great Britain

• Spain

• France

Why did President Jefferson want to buy more land?

• to fight a war

• religious freedom

• increase trade

Why was France willing to sell so much land?

• to expand

• religious freedom

• they needed the money