7.14 - The Louisiana Purchase

Thomas Jefferson wanted to expand the borders of the United States.

• True

• False

In the early 1800s, the United States had many ports on the Gulf of Mexico.

• True

• False

Farmers in Western areas had to ship their crops on boats down the Mississippi River to the Port of New Orleans.

• True

• False

The Port of New Orleans was controlled by England in the early 1800s.

• True

• False

In 1801, Spain gave the Louisiana Territory back to France in a secret treaty.

• True

• False

The Louisiana Territory included a large area west of the Mississippi River that included New Orleans.

• True

• False

Thomas Jefferson was worried that France was going to close the Port of New Orleans to American trade.

• True

• False

Thomas Jefferson sent James Monroe to Paris in order to buy New Orleans and control the New Orleans port.

• True

• False

France offered to sell the entire Louisiana Territory to the United States for 150 million dollars.

• True

• False

The French sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States because they needed money and there was an impending war with Britain.

• True

• False