Louisiana Purchase - document Analysis

What's the biggest benefit of land?

• Farming opportunities (food supply)

• Living space (housing)

• Conquering other countries (military advantages)

• Other - I'm thinking of a benefit not on this list

Based the map, the Louisiana Purchase territory was ...

• A little bigger than the US territory

• Aligned with the Mississippi River

• Aligned with the Hudson River

• A little smaller than the US territory

The city of New Orleans could be valuable becuase ...

• It's at the end of the Mississippi River

• It's along the Gulf of Mexico

• It's along the east coast

• It's connected to the Rocky Mountains

Gaining the Louisiana Purchase would expand the United states ....

• West

• East

• North

• South

the United States at this time (1803) was more than $__ million in debt.

The Columbian Centinel (Boston) writer indicated the Federalists' fears that ...

• The USA didn't have enough money to spend on land

• The USA already had too much land to manage

• More land would ruin manufacturing and commerce in the East coast

• America would become a kingdom

The Hartford Courant (Connecticut) writer indicates the Federalists' fears that ...

• USA would waste $15 million on "bogs, mountains, and indians"

• People wouldn't live in the new land, making it a "wasteland"

• Criminals would take refuge in the new land

• Only southern politicans would benefit from the new land

• War will come to USA

Why is it risky to spend more money than you can afford?

Thomas Jefferson, before the Louisiana Purchase, believed in a _____ interpretation of the Constitution, meaning he wished follow the rules of the government exactly a they were written.

True of False:

Thomas Jefferson, according to the Constitution, had the power to buy land from other countries as the president of the USA.

• True

• False