U.S. History: Louisiana Purchase Insights

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What geographic feature formed the border between the Louisiana Purchase and the United States?

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the Mississippi River

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How did the Louisiana Purchase change the United States?

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it doubled the size of the United States

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Which of the following best describes the change that occurred in Louisiana after the French sold Louisiana to the Americans? Louisiana had a new religion. Louisiana had a new language. Louisiana had a new flag. Louisiana increased its trade with America.

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Louisiana had a new flag.

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Which statement best describes the trend that is shown on the maps? Options: The number of large cities decreased in the Southeast and the Southwest. The number of large cities increased in the Northeast. Cities in the West became larger than the cities in the East. Cities in the South became larger than cities in the North.

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The number of large cities increased in the Northeast.

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Which statement best describes how people who moved to the west to mining towns like Gold Hill changed their physical environment?

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They dug into the earth for resources.

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Select the sentence that describes how Irish immigrants helped the United States: The Irish make up a large amount of the working population in the cities.

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The Irish make up a large amount of the working population in the cities.

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What can you tell about the Native Americans from the picture?

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Native Americans were being forced to leave their land.

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Which of the following did NOT cause the Native Americans to die during the Trail of Tears? extreme tiredness, hunger, enemy attacks, disease

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enemy attacks

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What was the main reason Jackson wanted the Native Americans to move west?

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Jackson promised the land to settlers so they could expand westward.

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What can you infer about the Removal Act of 1803?

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Native Americans were forced to move west to settle on their new reservations.