3rd grade Unit 4 Social Studies

Thomas Jefferson sent _____ and _____ to France to purchase New Orleans.

• De Soto and Jefferson

• La Salle and Monroe

• Monroe and Livingston

• Creoles and Jefferson

Why did Jefferson send James Monroe and Robert Livingston to France to purchase New Orleans?

• Americans wanted to continue using the port without paying additional taxes

• Americans wanted to build their own port

• Americans refused to use the port

• Because the Americans would listen to them

Monroe and Livingston make a deal with Napoleon to buy ________

• To buy a tea

• To by a ship

• To buy the entire Louisiana Territory

• To by a parish

Why did Thomas Jefferson want to control the New Orleans port?

• Because he is the mayor of New Orleans

• To control trade along the Mississippi River

• For easy access to other towns

• He wanted more land

Why did Monroe and Livingston agreed to buy all of Louisiana Territory without permission?

• Because they were greedy

• Because they were told to

• Because they believed that it was in the nation's best interest

The Louisiana Purchased nearly _______ the size of the United States.

• Doubled

• Tripled

• Quadrupled

The New Orleans was different from the rest of the United States because of the _______

• On the Spanish cultural influences

• on the English cultural influences

• on the cajun cultural influences

• on the French and Spanish cultural influences

In order to become a state Louisiana had to do what?

• pay taxes

• elect a governor

• hold a convention and draft a constitution

• sale land

Louisiana became the _____ state

• 18th

• 10th

• 2nd

• 20th

After the Louisiana Purchase, the Louisiana Territory was split into 2 parts

• The Louisiana Territory and De Soto Territory

• The New Orleans Territory and District of Louisiana

• District of Louisiana