2.2 The Louisiana Purchase

The land started at the Gulf of Mexico and continued north was called ______.

• Louseyana

• Louisiana

• Florida

• Mississippi

Where were the explorers from who went to Louisiana in 1682?

• England

• France

• Ireland

• Norway

What is the word for a person who goes somewhere new to try to live?

• adventurer

• hyper

• attempter

• settler

What is the biggest city in current-day Louisiana?

• Frederickson

• Brooklyn Center

• New Orleans

• New Brighton

What made the Americans mad about French control in Louisiana?

• Americans could not use the Mississippi River or store goods

• Americans could not travel to Louisiana or live there

• Americans could not go hunting in Louisiana or fishing

• Americans could not have farms in Louisiana or sell things

Who was the president of the United States in 1801?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Edison

• Thomas Jefferson

The Americans wanted to buy ________ from France.

True or False: There was a war over New Orleans.

• True

• False

True or False: The Americans originally wanted to buy all of the Louisiana territory from France.

• True

• False

How much did Louisiana cost the United States?

• $15,000.00

• $15,000,000.00

• $8,000,000.00

• $800,000