15 Questions
What was the cost of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803?
15 million dollars
Which country did the United States want to secure itself from through the Louisiana Purchase?
All of the above
What did the Louisiana Purchase give the U.S. complete control of?
The Mississippi River
What was the most important port for southern international trade in 1803?
New Orleans
What did the Louisiana Purchase enable the possibility of discovering?
A Northwest Passage
What was the initial amount President Thomas Jefferson planned to pay for New Orleans?
$10 million
Why did France propose the Louisiana Purchase?
To fund Napoleon Bonaparte's European war efforts
What led to tensions between Spain and American merchants?
Revocation of the right to use the river and the port at New Orleans
What was a significant concern in the U.S. Congress regarding the Louisiana Purchase?
Concerns about executive power, slavery, and the composition of the electorate
What was the immediate impact of the Louisiana Purchase on the size of the nation's territory?
It doubled the size of the nation's territory
What was the primary aim of the Corps of Discovery led by Lewis and Clark?
To find the Northwest Passage, explore the territory, establish trade, and assert American sovereignty over Native populations
What accelerated the settlement of the Louisiana Purchase territory in the 1840s?
The Gold Rush
What was Jefferson's vision for dealing with Native Peoples in the acquired territory?
To subjugate Native Peoples via treaty, settling them into farming communities, but ultimately, they were removed by force
What was the main impact of the Louisiana Purchase on the size of the US?
It doubled the size of the US
What was the ultimate outcome of the forced resettlement of Native peoples in the acquired territory?
The conquest of the western lands and the forced resettlement of Native peoples took about 80 years from the time of the Purchase until the late 1880s
Study Notes
Exploration and Settlement of the Louisiana Purchase
- The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the US and removed the threat of French invasion from the south.
- America, the Beautiful, is an unofficial national anthem of the US.
- The acquisition of the territory made the idea of US territory stretching from sea to shining sea more likely to become a reality.
- The purchase included 828,000 square miles, now comprising parts of 15 states and a bit of land in Canada.
- The Corps of Discovery led by Lewis and Clark aimed to find the Northwest Passage, explore the territory, establish trade, and assert American sovereignty over Native populations.
- The Corps of Discovery reached the Pacific Ocean after a challenging journey and established a foothold in the Oregon territory.
- Throughout the 19th century, Army units were dispatched to clear the territory of Native resistance and secure areas for American settlement.
- Families came to the territory in wagon trains once the Oregon Trail was cleared, and settlers were given or sold land inexpensively.
- The Gold Rush in the 1840s accelerated settlement, and the expansion of railroad lines further drove it.
- Jefferson's vision was to subjugate Native Peoples via treaty, settling them into farming communities, but ultimately, they were removed by force.
- The conquest of the western lands and the forced resettlement of Native peoples took about 80 years from the time of the Purchase until the late 1880s.
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