Louisiana Purchase

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What president arranged the Louisiana Purchase?

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Thomas Jefferson

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The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from what country?

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France

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How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory? Options: $100,000, $1 million, $15 million, $100 million

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$15 million

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How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory? Options: $100,000, $1 million, $15 million, $100 million

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$15 million

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Napoleon sold Louisiana to the United States so that he could pay for a war against: France, Great Britain, Spain, Russia

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Great Britain

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Why did the Americans want the Louisiana territory? Options: For control of the Mississippi ports, To spy on the Spanish, To control Haiti, For gold and silver

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For control of the Mississippi ports

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How did the Louisiana Purchase effect the geography of the United States? Options: it tripled the size of the U.S., it had no effect, it doubled the size of the U.S.

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it doubled the size of the U.S.

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Who was the French leader who sold Louisiana to the US?

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Napoleon

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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were which of the following? Politicians, Explorers, Buyers of the Louisiana Purchase, All of the above

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Explorers

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__________ was an important help as guide and an interpreter during the Lewis and Clark expedition

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Sacagawea