Louisiana Purchase

Before the early 1800s, which two countries claimed the Louisiana Territory?

• France and Spain

• Russia and Mexico

• Canada and Mexico

• United States and Great Britain

How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States?

• It led to war.

• It doubled the nation's size.

• It limited trade opportunities.

• It led to the discovery of a water route across the country.

Vocabulary:

a region of land

• territory

• annex

• diplomacy

• manifest destiny

The land of the Louisiana Purchase was to the west of what major river?

• Mississippi River

• Rio Grande

• Colorado River

• Ohio River

In what year did the United States make the Louisiana Purchase?

• 1776

• 1803

• 1819

• 1853

People:

Who was the U.S. president at the time of the Louisiana Purchase?

• George Washington

• James Monroe

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

What port city did Thomas Jefferson originally set out to purchase from France?

• New Orleans

• Charleston

• Baltimore

• Boston

People:

What future U.S. president was sent to France to with an offer to buy New Orleans?

• John Quincy Adams

• James Monroe

• Andrew Jackson

• James K. Polk

People:

Who was the ruler of France at the time of the Louisiana Purchase?

• King Louis XIV

• Charles de Gaulle

• Robespierre

• Napoleon Bonaparte

People:

led a slave revolt in the French colony known today as Haiti

• Toussaint L'Ouverture

• Charles de Gaulle

• Robespierre

• Napoleon Bonaparte