Would You Close the Deal Chapter 1 Test

New Orleans was a small town at the _______________ of the Mississippi River in 1718.

• mouth

• treaty

• territory

• port

_______________ were used to travel up and down the Mississippi River.

• port

• pelt

• flatboats

• territory

Many were curious about new lands and wanted to be ______________ that settled new land.

• mouth

• treaty

• pioneers

• flatboats

Americans were able to use the port for free, which was promised in a 1795 ____________, an agreement that both the Spaniards and Americans signed.

• mouth

• pelt

• pioneers

• treaty

Spain owned the __________ of New Orleans, but American settlers still used it.

• mouth

• port

• flatboats

• treaty

Spain held the land to the west. It was known as the Louisiana ______________. The area stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada.

• Territory

• mouth

• pelt

• flatboats

In 1800, how big was the United States?

• The nation was more than half the size it is today.

• The nation was less than half the size it is today.

• The nation was the size of Texas.

• The nation was the size of California.

PART A (Part B is the next question)

What did many Americans want so the United States could be an even greater nation?

• more time to fish on the Mississippi River.

• more money to buy goods.

• more leaders to run the country.

• more land for the United States.

Think about your answer from Part A of question 8.

PART B

Which detail supports your answer from Part A of question 8?

• “In 1800, the nation was less than half the size it is today.”

• “It only reached as far west as the Mississippi River.”

• “They hoped that one day the United States would reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast.”

• “They felt that the United States could be an even greater nation.”