Quiz on the Louisiana Purchase

What about the French owned port of New Orleans worried US President Thomas Jefferson?

• He heard stories about a deadly Great White Shark

• Pirates had been known to raid the port

• He feared that Napoleon would close the port to US trade

• He was afraid France would sell it back to Spain

True or False. US reps went to France with orders to buy the entire Louisiana Territory. If false, why?

• True

• False

For what two reasons did France offer the entire Louisiana Territory to the US?

• They heard the old place was haunted

• France needed money to pay for their costly wars

• Losing Haiti caused France to lose interest in North America

• France wanted to give the region to the US as a gift

What convinced Jefferson that he had the right to purchase land?

• The Constitution allows the President to make treaties

• The US and France negotiated a peace treaty

• Congress passed the Presidential Purchasing Act

• A Supreme Court decision

What territory in America was once controlled by Napoleon and France?

• The Louisville Territory

• The Christiana Territory

• The Louisiana Territory

• California

What did the Louisiana Purchase do to the size of the US?

• It helped the US lose weight

• It made the US smaller

• It doubled the size of the US

• It made the US the biggest country in the world