Louisiana Purchase Vocabulary

Louisiana Purchase

Open Ended

Map analysis: Why was the Louisiana Purchase important for the United States? Provide two benefits the United States might have received from the Louisiana Purchase.

​Louisiana Purchase Vocabulary

​Thomas Jefferson - 3rd president of the United States, president during the Louisiana Purchase

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​Louisiana Purchase - Deal in 1803 between France and the United States that doubled the size of the United States

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Territorial Expansion - To grow or get more land as a country

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​Mississippi River - Longest river in the United States; the western border of the US before Louisiana Purchase

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​Lewis & Clark - Explorers sent by Jefferson to explore Louisiana Territory

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To grow or get more land as a country

• Thomas Jefferson

• Territorial Expansion

• Lewis and Clark

• Mississippi River

Multiple Choice

3rd president of the United States, president during the Louisiana Purchase

• John Adams

• James Monroe

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

Multiple Choice

Deal in 1803 between France and the United States that doubled the size of the United States

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• Mississippi Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• Missouri Purchase

Multiple Choice

Longest river in the United States; the western border of the US before Louisiana Purchase

• Missouri River

• Mississippi River

• Colorado River

• Ohio River

Multiple Choice

Explorers sent by Jefferson to explore Louisiana Territory

• Rogers and Hammerstein

• Barnum and Bailey

• Abbott and Costello

• Lewis and Clark

Open Ended

Checking for Understanding: What was the Louisiana Purchase? Why was it important? Why were some people against the Louisiana Purchase?

(Possible Sentence Starter: The Louisiana Purchase was . . . It was important because. . . Some people were against it because . . .)