WorksheetsLouisiana Purchase Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. What was one reason people in the United States wanted to expand west of the Appalachian Mountains?
a)
a) To find gold
b)
b) To get new land to plant crops
c)
c) To build new factories
d)
d) To live closer to the ocean
2.
2. Who did President Thomas Jefferson send to France to purchase the land?
a)
a) Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
b) Lewis and Clark
c)
c) Robert Livingston
d)
d) King George
3.
3. In what year did Napoleon Bonaparte offer to sell the entire Louisiana Territory?
a)
a) 1762
b)
b) 1800
c)
c) 1803
d)
d) 1810
4.
4. How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory?
a)
a) $15 million
b)
b) $233 million
c)
c) 42 cents per acre
d)
d) $59 million
5.
5. The Louisiana Purchase added about how many square miles to the United States?
a)
a) 59 square miles
b)
b) 8,280 square miles
c)
c) 82,800 square miles
d)
d) 828,000 square miles
6.
6. The purchase essentially did what to the size of the United States?
a)
a) Tripled it
b)
b) Doubled it
c)
c) Halved it
d)
d) Kept it the same
7.
7. Which major physical feature formed the eastern border of the Louisiana Territory?
a)
a) The Pacific Ocean
b)
b) The Rocky Mountains
c)
c) The Mississippi River
d)
d) The Great Lakes
8.
8. Why did the French offer to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
a)
a) They wanted to help Thomas Jefferson
b)
b) They needed money for a war against Great Britain
c)
c) They ran out of people to live there
d)
d) They were afraid of the American farmers
9.
9. Who led the most famous expedition to explore the new land?
a)
a) Robert Livingston and Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
b) Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
c)
c) Lewis and Clark
d)
d) Pike and Red River
10.
10. The issue of slavery in the new western lands later became a major issue and was part of the cause of what major historical conflict?
a)
a) The French and Indian War
b)
b) The American Civil War
c)
c) The American Revolution
d)
d) The War of 1812
11.
BONUS: Thomas Jefferson was the ______ President of the United States
a)
third
b)
second
c)
first
12.
Which area of land was added in 1803?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
E
d)
D
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