Happiness to see that Spain was losing control of Florida
Worry about the debt owed to American citizens by France
Concern about how the agreement might affect U.S. foreign relations
Warning to Congress to take immediate action
Why did Jefferson want to send Livingston and Monroe to France in 1803?
Make sure Spain ceded Louisiana back to France
Offer to purchase the Louisiana territory from France
Negotiate a way for the U.S. to gain control of New Orleans
Negotiate a peace treaty with Napoleon Bonaparte
Who is a plenipotentiary?
An agent who has full power to conduct business on behalf of his government
A person with the responsibility of collecting taxes
Someone appointed by the Vice-President of the United States
A bank official responsible for collecting money owed from foreign countries
Pay is to debt as cession is to ______.
Taxes
Territory
Amendment
War
On January 18, 1803, Jefferson warned Congress that the Native Americans in areas west of the Mississippi River were:
Unwilling to trade with American settlers
Decreasing in population
Focusing on farming as a way of life
Refusing to sell land
What was the main purpose Jefferson gave to the Senate and House of Representatives for an expedition to explore the Louisiana territory?
Increase trading with Native Americans
Push British fur traders out of the Columbia River valley
Find a water route through the Rocky Mountains
Locate the source of the Missouri River
What was the main reason Jefferson asked for an appropriation for the expedition in 1803?
To provide a reward to the first man to return with a map to the Pacific Ocean
To have money to bribe Native Americans for help crossing rivers
To buy accoutrements for the expedition
To support the families in case the men did not return
Where was the treaty known of the Louisiana Purchase first signed?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
New Orleans, Louisiana
Washington D.C.
Paris, France
According to the terms of the treaty signed on April 30, 1803, France agreed to give full sovereignty of what to the United States?
Florida, New Orleans and the entire Louisiana territory
Control of the Mississippi River
City of New Orleans
Louisiana territory
Terms of the Louisiana Purchase gave the U.S. government only six months in which to _____ the treaty.
void
ratify
cede
acquisition
Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution gives the federal government the power to ____________________.
Make treaties
Buy land
Repay foreign debts
Declare war
In his Second Inaugural Address in 1805, Jefferson provided several reasons to be happy with the Louisiana Purchase. Which of the following was NOT one of these reasons?
More farmers meant paying off the money owed to France more quickly.
A larger country did not mean a less efficient government.
Help keep America involved in the affairs of other countries.
Increased opportunities for Americans.
What did the Louisiana Purchase promise to give people already living in the territory?
Repay the money they owed the U.S. government
Immediate and full U.S. citizenship
Fair payment for their houses and belongings
Nothing would change for them
What one thing did Jefferson tell Congress in 1803 would help the U.S. stay out of the affairs of European countries?
Pacific Ocean
Religious differences
Different political beliefs
Atlantic Ocean
Jefferson’s main interest in securing the “property and sovereignty of the Mississippi and its waters” was to
Protect the peace and security of the U.S.
Improve commerce
Both of the above
None of the above
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Dude this looks like an entire test from FLVS. Just go back in the lessons man and re-read. Or go back to wikipedia and type in Jefferson. I am sure you can find most of the answers there.
CHEATER! you can get kicked out of flvs for doing that! trust me i've learned my lesson never to cheat againnn!
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Please help with my homework?lol on other answers here they ask these questions, but never the entire test. Having troubles with lesson 5.1, ey? Yes, this lesson is really annoying... the 7 REALLY long articles and everything :P
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bahaha dude i'ma looking for the same thing i got my hoeps up eh whatev's do your warg son! hah its like 1 in the middl eof the night and i have to finish this before tomorrow xD youtubes so bad of a distraction
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Please help with my homework?Is that anyway related to math?
me neither
I dont feel like reading all of that!
why cant you do your own hw!!!!!!
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