The Louisiana Purchase
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Read the introduction and “Making a Deal with Napoleon” pages 361 – 362.
1. What was the western border of the United States in 1800?
2. Explain the problem was Spain causing?
3. Why was New Orleans so important to Americans?
Read “The Louisiana Territory” page 361.
4. Where is the Louisiana Territory located?
5. What does ceded mean?
6. What were Jefferson’s two (2) fears?
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7. What did Jefferson authorize Robert Livingston to do?
8. How much did Jefferson authorize Monroe to offer?
Read “A Revolution in the Caribbean” page 362.
9. What two (2) events happened that caused Napoleon to need his army?
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Read “The Louisiana Purchase” age 362 – 363.
10. Why did Napoleon decide he didn’t want an empire in North America and that he
should sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
11. Why did Napoleon want to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
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12. How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory?
Read “Controversy Over the Purchase” page 363.
13. What was Jefferson’s main reason against purchasing the Louisiana Territory?
14. What was Jefferson’s main reason for purchasing the Louisiana Territory?
Read “Federalist Opposition” on page 364.
15. List the reasons why the Federalists opposed the purchase of the Louisiana Territory.
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16. Look at the map on page 364. What did the purchase do to the size of the U.S.?
Read “The Lewis and Clark Expedition” page 364 – 365.
17. Suppose you were the president in 1803 and were in charge of putting together an
expedition of men to explore the Louisiana Territory. What skills or qualities would you
want the men to have?
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18. What two men led the Expedition and what experience did they have?
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19. What instructions did President Jefferson give Lewis and Clark?
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Read “Starting Out” page 365.
20. What was the starting point of the expedition?
21. What items did they bring as gifts to the Indians?
22. Why do you think they brought gifts for the Indians?
Read “Crossing the Rocky Mountains” page 365.
23. Name two (2) ways Sacajawea helped the expedition.
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Read “To the Pacific Coast” on page 365 – 366.
24. How long did the Lewis and Clark Expedition last?
25. How far did they travel?
Read “The Discovery of Pikes Peak” on page 366.
26. What did Zebulon Pike do?
Read “The Election of 1804” and “The Burr Conspiracy” on page 366.
27. Why didn’t Aaron Burr win the election for governor of New York?
28. What happened between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton?
Read “The Lewis and Clark Expedition – A New Frontier” on page 367.
29. What were the purposes of Lewis and Clark’s expedition?
30. How did the explorers study plants and animals in Louisiana Territory?
31. How did they record details about the land and climate?