Chapter 9: The Jefferson Era 7th History

In 1800 the Louisiana Territory extended west from the (a)   to the Rocky Mountains.

• Mississippi River
• Ohio River
• Missouri River
• Colorado River

The Spanish allowed the Americans to sail on the lower Mississippi River and to trade in (a)   .

• New Orleans
• Los Angeles
• Miami
• Houston

(a)   was forced to abandon plans for an American empire because of a revolt in Santo Domingo in 1802.

• Napoleon Bonaparte
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Alexander Hamilton

(a)   was an ex-slave who led a revolt in Santo Domingo.

• Toussaint-Louverture
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• George Washington
• Simon Bolivar

French Foreign Minister (a)   informed the American diplomats that the whole Louisiana Territory was for sale.

• Chales de Talleyrand
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Louis XVI
• Maximilien Robespierre

Thomas Jefferson chose (a)   and (b)   to lead the exploration of the Louisiana Territory.

• Meriwether Lewis, William Clark
• Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens
• George Washington, John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilt

The expedition left (a)   in the spring of 1804.

• St. Louis
• New York
• Chicago
• San Francisco

The expedition traveled along the (a)   and kept a journal of their voyage.

• Missouri River
• Amazon River
• Nile River
• Yangtze River

Lieutenant (a)   led two expeditions through the upper Mississippi River valley and into the region now known as Colorado.

• Zebulon Pike
• Lewis Clark
• John Fremont
• Meriwether Lewis

Lewis and Clark, Pike, and others were sent to explore the wilderness because (a)   .

• Jefferson was interested in obtaini
• They were looking for a new route t
• They wanted to establish new coloni
• They were searching for gold.