The Louisiana Purchase

Napoleon wanted to sell the Louisiana Territory for this reason.

• He wanted to control the Caribbean.
• He was tired of trying to expand his empire.
• He knew Spain wanted to control the Mississippi.
• He needed the money to pay for his war against Britain.

Who had control of the Lower Mississippi and New Orleans before France had it?

• Britain
• Portugal
• Spain
• Germany

The Emperor of France that sold the Louisiana Territory to the USA?

• Toussaint Louverture
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Simon Bolivar
• Friedrick Von Steuben

Why did Napoleon Bonaparte want to capture Santo Domingo?

• It was a beautiful island he wanted to live on.
• He married a women from the Island
• He hated Toussaint Louverture and wanted his Island
• He wanted to use it as a Naval Base in his plan to take North America

Who was the slave that led a revolt on Santo Domingo?

• Toussaint Louverture
• Harriet Tubman
• Dred Scott
• James Brown

The USA paid this much for the Louisiana Purchase.

• $12 million
• $250 million
• $15 million
• $32 million

The two Americans that were sent to purchase the Louisiana Territory from France.

• James Madison and Alexander Hamilton
• Monroe & Livingston
• Jefferson & Franklin
•  Sacagawea & York

The boundaries of the Louisiana Territory in 1803.

• South to the Rio Grande River
• North to Canada
• West of Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains
• East from the Ohio River to New York

In what year did the Louisiana Purchase take place?

• 1776
• 1787
• 1803
• 1812

What president arranged the Louisiana Purchase?

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington 
• Andrew Jackson
• William Henry Harrison