Chapter 3 Checkpoint Review

Which statement explain how the US benefited from the La Purchase. (choose 3)

• it doubled the size of the country

• it added Florida and Puerto Rico as US territories.

• It supplied the country with moe natural resources.

• It provided the country with access to a port for trade

• It allowed for continued expansion east of the Mississippi River

Why does President Jefferson want to purchases the La Territory?

• to end French and Spanish influence in North America

• To avoid being involved in another war with Great Britain

• To control the port that links the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico

• to show that the president's powers are greater than those of Congress

Which statements best explain President Jefferson's goals for the Louis and Clark Expedition? (choose 3)

• to divide the territory into states

• to set up forts to protect the region

• to produce a map of the explored area

• to meet with indigenous tribe in the region

• to keep a record of interesting plants and animals they found

The expedition team reached the Pacific Ocean

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

• Dunbar-Hunter

• Red River

The expedient team had to stop and turn around at the area called the "Spanish Bluff"

• Lewis and Clark

• Dubar-Hunter

• Red River

The expedition team explored a hot spring.

• Lewis and Clark

• Dunbar-Hunter

• Red River

The expedition team encountered the Great Raft.

• Lewis and Clark

• Dunbar-Hunter

• Red River

The expedition team abandoned their boat and rented a new one.

• Lewis and Clark

• Dunbar-Hunter

• Red River

The expedition team explored the Missouri River and crossed the Rocky Mountains.

• Lewis and Clark

• Dunbar-Hunter

• Red River

Lewis and Clark led an expedition to explore the land purchased from

• France

• Spain

• Great Britain