The Louisiana Purchase

The land deal made between the United States and France that doubled the size of the Louisiana Territory

• Buying Louisiana

• Louisiana Purchase

• Poverty Point

• Treaty of France

The 3^rd President of the United States who made the Louisiana Purchase happen

• Napoleon

• Livingston

• Clark

• Jefferson

A city where ships can load and unload their goods

• warehouse

• port

• route

• capital

A large building for storing goods

• blockade

• port

• revolution

• warehouse

Sent by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Robert Livingston

• James Monroe

• Lewis and Clark

The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from what country?

• Great Britain
• France
• Russia
• Spain

How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory?

• $100,000
• $1 million
• $15 million
• $100 million

Why did the Americans want the Louisiana territory?

• For control of the Mississippi ports
• To spy on the Spanish
• To control Haiti
• For gold and silver

How did the Louisiana Purchase effect the geography of the United States?

• it tripled the size of the U.S.
• it had no effect
• it doubled the size of the U.S.

Why was the port of New Orleans so important?

• It was the best place to go fishing
• It was a party town
• It was the Catholic headquaters
• It was the main center for trade along the Mississippi river