SANFORD Louisiana Purchase and American History

Other countries claimed land, and established __________ in North America.

• Churches

• Countries

• Colonies

• Centuries.

This river runs from north to south, and flows through New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico.

• Ohio

• Mississippi

• Appalachian

• Great Lakes

This President of the United States sent Madison to negotiate with France, and buy the port of New Orleans.

• Andrew Jackson

• Benjamin Franklin

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Thomas Jefferson

Who was the leader of France that offered to sell the entire Louisiana Territory to the United States?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Francois Mitterrand

• Elysee Emmanual

• The Statue of Liberty

What Price did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory, including the Port of New Orleans?

• 5 Million

• 15 Billion

• 15 Million

• 50 Thousand

The government offered people the opportunity to move onto this land and farm it. In return they would be given the land for free. This was called ________.

• Manifest Destiny

• Homesteading

• colonization

• Theft

The idea that Americans had a special mission to spread Democracy from coast to coast was called ________.

• Colonization

• Homesteading

• Patriotism

• Manifest Destiny

Art of this time represented Manifest Destiny as a ___________, because of progress like telegraphs, railroads, and settlers.

• A Goat

• A Goddess

• The Statue of Liberty

• Trains

The addition of the Louisiana Territory caused the United States to double in size, and would later add _______ new states.

• 13

• 37

• 312