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WorksheetsThe Louisiana Purchase
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Napoleon wanted to sell the Louisiana Territory for this reason.
a)
He wanted to control the Caribbean.
b)
He was tired of trying to expand his empire.
c)
He knew Spain wanted to control the Mississippi.
d)
He needed the money to pay for his war against Britain.
2.
Who had control of the Lower Mississippi and New Orleans before France had it?
a)
Britain
b)
Portugal
c)
Spain
d)
Germany
3.
The Emperor of France that sold the Louisiana Territory to the USA?
a)
Toussaint Louverture
b)
Napoleon Bonaparte
c)
Simon Bolivar
d)
Friedrick Von Steuben
4.
Why did Napoleon Bonaparte want to capture Santo Domingo?
a)
It was a beautiful island he wanted to live on.
b)
He married a women from the Island
c)
He hated Toussaint Louverture and wanted his Island
d)
He wanted to use it as a Naval Base in his plan to take North America
5.
Who was the slave that led a revolt on Santo Domingo?
a)
Toussaint Louverture
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Dred Scott
d)
James Brown
6.
The USA paid this much for the Louisiana Purchase.
a)
$12 million
b)
$250 million
c)
$15 million
d)
$32 million
7.
The two Americans that were sent to purchase the Louisiana Territory from France.
a)
James Madison and Alexander Hamilton
b)
Monroe & Livingston
c)
Jefferson & Franklin
d)
Sacagawea & York
8.
The boundaries of the Louisiana Territory in 1803.
a)
South to the Rio Grande River
b)
North to Canada
c)
West of Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains
d)
East from the Ohio River to New York
9.
In what year did the Louisiana Purchase take place?
a)
1776
b)
1787
c)
1803
d)
1812
10.
What president arranged the Louisiana Purchase?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
William Henry Harrison
11.
Why did Napoleon lose interest in Louisiana?
a)
He never found gold
b)
He no longer controled Haiti
c)
The colonist were rude
d)
He needed money
12.
Thomas Jefferson was the ____ president.
a)
3rd
b)
16th
c)
43rd
d)
20th
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