READING CHECK || "Westward Expansion: The Louisiana Purchase"

Read the section "French Leader Threatened to Block Access to Port". Based on this section, which of the following is TRUE?

• Napoleon wanted to work with Jefferson to let America use New Orleans as a port.
• Napoleon gave up New Orleans in part because he needed money to fight a war against Britain.
• Jefferson was disappointed in how much land Napoleon offered when Jefferson went to buy New Orleans.
• New Orleans was not an important port to America before Jefferson bought it from Napoleon.

Which sentence from the introduction [paragraphs 1-2] explains WHY Jefferson wanted to buy more land for the United States to farm?

• A democracy is a system of government in which the citizens exercise power by electing their representatives.
• Jefferson was president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
• The United States had just become its own country.
• During his presidency, Jefferson felt that American's agrarian society was at risk.

Jefferson foresaw a growth of industrial cities in the United States. Workers would suffer, cities would grow wildly, and living conditions would become unlivable. Fortunately, he was ALREADY able to see these problems occurring in which European nation?

• Jefferson already saw these problems occurring in France.
• Jefferson already saw these problems occurring in England.
• Jefferson already saw these problems occurring in Germany.
• Jefferson already saw these problems occurring in Russia.

Originally, Jefferson wanted to secure access to a SINGLE "port city" in Louisiana. Which city did Jefferson have his eye on acquiring?

• Baton Rouge
• New Orleans
• Coeur d'Alene
• St. Louis

Why was the Mississippi River of the utmost importance to Jefferson during his presidency?

• Farmers and settlers west of the Appalachian Mountains relied upon the river and its tributaries to transport their goods to markets for sale.
• Farmers and settlers of the western frontier relied upon the Mississippi River for water to irrigate their crops during the summer months.
• Jefferson feared that the Napoleon and his French Army may attack the United States using the Mississippi River's network of tributaries.
• America's first factories were powered by the waterwheel. Because of this, Jefferson knew that the continued development of the American industrial economy would rely upon the Mississippi River heavily.

Jefferson believed in a small, limited federal government that did not spend much, nor tax its citizens much. What did Jefferson do during his presidency to enact these political beliefs? Please select ALL correct answers.

• ended taxes on personal property
• ended sales taxes on purchased goods
• reduced the size of the Army
• reduced the size of the Navy
• enacted policies to help fund public schools

When was the "Louisiana Purchase" finalized by James Madison and Robert Livingston? It resulted in a historic addition of over 828,000 square miles to the new nation.

• 1801
• 1803
• 1809
• 1812

What is the section "Some Were Not Happy About Deal" MOSTLY about?

• what Jefferson wanted to do with the land of the Louisiana Purchase
• who owned the land of the Louisiana Purchase before America
• why Jefferson had a hard time deciding to buy the land of the Louisiana Purchase
• where the Louisiana Purchase deal was agreed upon

Eventually, how many states were formed from the lands gained through Jefferson's "Louisiana Purchase"?

• 6 states were formed from the Louisiana Purchase
• 13 states were formed from the Louisiana Purchase
• 15 states were formed from the Louisiana Purchase
• 26 states were formed from the Louisiana Purchase

Select the Louisiana Purchase