Louisiana Purchase (Ducksters)

In what year did the United States make the Louisiana Purchase?

• 1902

• 1812

• 1776

• 1803

Who was leader of France at the time of the purchase?

• Napoleon

• Robespierre

• King Louis XIV

• Thomas Jefferson

How much did the U.S. pay for the Louisiana Territory?

• $150 million

• $80 million

• $1 Billion

• $15 million

True or False: All of the U.S. Congress supported the purchase.

• True

• False

What famous explorers traveled up the Missouri River and to the Pacific Ocean?

• Louis and Jones

• Smith and Wesson

• Lewis and Clark

• Holmes and Watson

What port city did Thomas Jefferson originally set out to purchase from France?

• New York

• Charleston

• New Orleans

• Boston

Who was the U.S. president at the time of the purchase?

• Napoleon

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Bush

The land of the Louisiana Purchase was to the west of what major river?

• Connecticut River

• Mississippi River

• Colorado River

• Rio Grande River

What future U.S. president traveled to France to make the deal?

• James K. Polk

• John Quincy Adams

• James Monroe

• John Tyler

What country owned the land before France?

• England

• Spain

• Netherlands

• Italy