Presidents and US History Quiz

True or False Directions: Write 'T' for True or 'F' for False next to each statement to indicate whether it is true or false. 1. Everyone in Congress was pleased with the Louisiana Purchase and quickly confirmed the acquisition of the new territory. 2. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States. 3. George Washington started and approved of political parties. 4. George Washington believed presidents should serve until they die. 5. The War of 1812 began and ended in 1812.

• True

• False

What state was added through a treaty with Spain?

• Kentucky

• Louisiana

• Mississippi

• Florida

The part of the Louisiana Purchase explored by Lewis and Clark stretched from the ______ to the ______.

• Mississippi River, Atlantic Ocean

• Missouri River, Pacific Ocean

• Mississippi River, Rocky Mountains

• Ohio River, Pacific Ocean

This treaty secured the Purchase of Florida

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Adams-Onis Treaty

• Treaty of Paris 1763

• Treaty of Ghent

What territory did Thomas Jefferson ask Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore?

• Ohio River Valley

• Florida

• Louisiana

• California

This purchase cost the United States $15 million.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Florida

• Texas

• Northwest Territory

This African American man created plans for the US capital.

• York

• George Washington Carver

• Benjamin Banneker

• Frederick Douglass

This president was not from Virginia.

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Monroe

This purchase cost the United States $5 million.

• Louisiana Purchase

• Florida

• Texas

• Northwest Territory

The War of 1812 was a war fought between the United States and ______.

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Germany