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Louisiana Purchase Review
Test Description: Louisiana Purchase
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who was Napoleon?
A
A General in the European Army
B
An Ambassador sent from the United States
C
Leader of France
D
Leader of Britain
2) How did Spain lose Louisiana?
A
France forced Spain to return it
B
Spain lost a war against the French
C
France received it after the French and Indian War
D
Spain didn't lose Louisiana - trick question
3) Why was Napoleon interested in Louisiana?
A
He wanted to turn it into a wheat-growing breadbasket colony
B
He wanted to turn it into a movie empire
C
He wanted to attack the United States by going through Louisiana
D
He wanted to turn it into a sugarcane growing plantation economy
4) Which Secret Treaty transferred LA from Spain to France?
A
Treaty of San Ildefonso
B
Treaty of Versailles
C
Treaty of Fontainebleau
D
Treaty of Paris
5) Why did Napoleon want to produce crops in LA?
A
To grow the worlds tallest corn stalk
B
To fuel his plans for a world empire
C
To feed starving children
D
Because Alaska was too cold.
6) How did Napoleon's plans fall apart?
A
The ships his army was sailing on sank in a storm
B
The crops failed
C
His army turned on him
D
The army he sent to re-enslave the people collapsed
7) What did Napoleon do with Louisiana?
A
He sold it to France
B
He sold it back to Spain
C
He sold it to the United States
D
He kept it for later
8) Why did Napoleon sale LA?
A
He was concerned that the local economy was not successful
B
His crops had failed.
C
He needed the money.
D
He thought it was cursed.
9) How did Thomas Jefferson feel about France owning Louisiana?
A
He was optimistic.
B
He was happy.
C
He was confused.
D
He was concerned.
10) Which is NOT a reason why Jefferson wanted Louisiana?
A
To control the Port of New Orleans
B
To protect trade and the economy
C
To safeguard the southern farms from invasive species
D
To protect the United States from attack
11) What did Jefferson send James Monroe to France to negotiate?
A
the purchase of Louisiana
B
the purchase of Baton Rouge
C
the purchase of just New Orleans
D
the purchase of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast
12) Instead, Napoleon offered the U.S. what...?
A
Control of the Port of New Orleans
B
Control of the MS River
C
All of New Orleans for $10 million
D
All of LA for $15 million
13) In what year did the U.S. purchase LA?
A
1803
B
1833
C
1802
D
1800
14) Which is a reason why some were AGAINST the LA Purchase?
A
It may offend Britain (our ally at the time)
B
It would double the size of the U.S.
C
It would protect our goods going to market
D
It was meant to be - a part of manifest destiny
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