Chapter 8-9 Quiz

Which country sold the Louisiana Territory in 1803?

• Britain

• France

• Spain

• United States

The USA paid this much for the Louisiana Purchase.

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

What president arranged the Louisiana Purchase?

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

With the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, the United States could expand ___.

• to the north
• to the south
• to the west
• to the east

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

What effect did the Louisiana Purchase have on the United States?

• It doubled the United States size
• It made the Native Americans rich
• It started a war immediately 
• All of the above

What did Thomas Jefferson originally want to buy from the French

• St. Louis
•  New Orleans
• Haiti
• Paris

What were the three main goals of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

• to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean, to build relationships with the American Indians and to record information about the soil, water, plants, animals, weather, etc. in the area

• to build a bridge over the Mississippi River, to establish a trading post at Fort Mandan and to drive the American Indians off the land

• to start a war with the Shoshone Indians, to build a fort in Oregon and to claim the Pacific Ocean for the United States

• to explore Texas, to make a treaty with the Hidatsas and to fence in the buffalo herds

Who was the French ruler that sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?

• Aaron Burr

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Toussaint L'Ouverture

• William Clark

Who led the exploration of the Louisiana Territory?

• John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

• Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton

• William Clark and Meriweather Lewis

• Zebulon Pike and Arnold Clarke