Question 1

From which country did France acquire Louisiana?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 2

Which American  political party wanted to use force to acquire Louisiana from France?

Accepted Answer

Federalist

Answer

Whig

Answer

Republican

Answer

Democratic-Republican

Question 3

Who was president when the U.S. purchased Louisiana?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson

Answer

Washington

Answer

Adams

Answer

Madison

Question 4

Initially, what city did the U.S. want to buy ?

Accepted Answer

New Orleans

Answer

Santa Fe

Answer

St. Louis

Answer

Tallahasee

Question 5

Which two men were sent to France to discuss the purchase of Louisiana?

Accepted Answer

Monroe and Livingston

Answer

Monroe and Jackson

Answer

Washington and Adams

Answer

Adams and Madison

Question 6

A slave revolt in which country caused Napoleon to change his plans?

Accepted Answer

Haiti

Answer

Dominican Republic

Answer

U.S.

Answer

Cuba

Question 7

How much did the U.S. pay for Louisiana?

Accepted Answer

$15 million

Answer

$20 million

Answer

$5 million

Answer

$10 million

Question 8

How big is the Louisiana Purchase?

Accepted Answer

828,000 square miles

Answer

508,000 square miles

Answer

2200,000 square miles

Answer

1,000,000 square miles

Question 9

This Founding Father disapproved of the Louisiana Purchase.

Accepted Answer

Hamilton

Question 10

Which is one argument Hamilton made against the Louisiana Purchase?

Accepted Answer

Settlement is unlikely

Answer

France is evil

Answer

Indians will revolt

Answer

Jefferson is an idiot

Question 11

What does Hamilton claim will happen if Americans move west?

Accepted Answer

America would weaken

Answer

He will run for president

Answer

Roads will need to be built

Answer

America will prosper

Question 12

In which newspaper did Hamilton publish "Purchase of Louisiana?"

Accepted Answer

New York Evening Post

Answer

Chicago Tribune

Answer

Des Moines Register

Answer

New York Times

Question 13

Which branch of the government had to approve the treaty purchasing Louisiana?

Accepted Answer

Legislative

Answer

Judicial

Answer

Executive

Question 14

Rufus King believed the Louisiana Purchase would cause trouble between which two groups?

Accepted Answer

Slave and Free states

Answer

Men and Women

Answer

Executive and Legislative Branch

Answer

Federalists and Republicans

Question 15

Which Federalist compared Jefferson to a French revolutionary?

Accepted Answer

Pickering

Answer

King

Answer

Adams

Answer

Washington

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