Fun Friday Quiz

Who was the President during the Louisiana Purchase?

• President Obama

• President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

True or false: The Federalist Party supported the Louisiana Purchase

• True

• False

What is Historical Perspective?

• Exploring who wrote a document to better understand a person's motivations for choosing an event to focus on.

• Placing events in proper context to understand what led to it and why it happened

• Understanding how the social, cultural and emotional experiences of people shape how they remember the past.

• Considering details from multiple perspectives to determine points of agreement or disagreement.

Which of the following was NOT a reason for Federalist opposition to the Louisiana Purchase?

• It would weaken the central government.

• A slave state would be admitted to the union and upset the balance between slave and free states.

• Native Americans lived in the territory.

• It was too expensive.

From whom did the United States purchase the Louisiana territory?

• United Kingdom

• The Russian Empire

• France

• Spain

How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana territory?

• 2 million

• 15 million

• 20 million

• 50 million

Why was Thomas Jefferson conflicted about the Louisiana Purchase?

• He thought the asking price was too high.

• He did not want to take land from Native Americans.

• He was unsure if he had the constitutional authority to purchase the land.

• He worried that the power of the central government would be weakened

What year was the Louisiana Purchase completed?

• 1800

• 1803

• 1812

• 1861

How did Thomas Jefferson attempt to act within his constitutional power?

• Jefferson bribed members of Congress.

• He decided to ignore the Constitution.

• He tried to get an amendment passed to the Constitution passed.

• None of these responses.

How did Jefferson use Hamilton's idea to make the Louisiana Purchase constitutional?

• He ignored the US Constitution.

• He argued that the constitution should be changed.

• He stated that the power to purchase territory was implied.

• He did nothing.