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WorksheetsLewis and Clark Expedition
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 10mins
Thomas Jefferson was all of the below save one.
Fourth President of the United States
Primary draftsman of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
First secretary of state
Second vice president
Jefferson and the United States bought the Louisiana Purchase from this country.
Spain
Great Britain
France
Russia
Jefferson stabilized the U.S. economy and defeated pirates from North Africa during the Barbary War.
True
False
Jefferson asked this general, whose conquests in what has become Illinois and Indiana helped the United States win the Revolutionary War, to embark on such an expedition, but the general regrettably replied “that his own business affairs precluded his going.”
(a)
French botanist Andre Michaux was commissioned by Jefferson to embark on the journey to the Pacific Ocean, but he was deemed this and never finished the expedition.
(a)
When Spain openly finalized the secret deal it made with France for the Louisiana Purchase territory, it revoked America's access to this Southern city.
(a)
Napoleon Bonaparte decided to sell France's land holdings in North America to the United States for all the reasons below except one.
Haitian slave rebellion
the need for money
the death of his soldiers because of the yellow fever
he wanted to establish a friendly relationship with the United States
Jefferson was willing to offer up to this amount of money to France for New Orleans when Spain denied access to the city's warehouses.
$15 million
$10 million
$2 million
$25 million
In late April 1803, with the stroke of a pen and the exchange of just $15 million, the United States nearly doubled in size through the Louisiana Purchase. The final price, because of interest, was more than $27 million.
True
False
The territory known as the Louisiana Purchase contributed land to all or parts of how many future states?
15
25
13
10
In his letter to Timothy Pickering, Federalist Rufus King stated he was greatly concerned about this issue with the acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase territory.
westward expansion
slavery
the re-election of Jefferson
the Lewis & Clark expedition
Alexander Hamilton stated that "the purchase of New Orleans is essential to the peace and prosperity of our Western country, and opens a free and valuable (a) to our commercial states." (Hint: Think Great Britain colonies or where you buy groceries!!)
Thomas Jefferson served as the vice president under which president before him?
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
George Washington
George W. Bush
Even without the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson was prepared to send an expedition to the Pacific Ocean.
False
True
