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Making the Deal
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Foreign Challenges
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Which country controlled Louisiana in 1800?
Spain
100
What caused us to ask France to buy New Orleans? What happened?
The Spanish governor of Louisiana denied the U.S. the right to ship their goods through New Orleans.
100
What did the Louisiana Territory cost
15 million dollars
100

Who did Jefferson send to explore the Louisiana Territory?

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

100

The reason the Barbary pirates were a threat.

What is they attacked American ships and focred sailors into impressment?

200
Which country did Spain give the Louisiana territory to?
France
200
Who did President Jefferson send to France to negotiate?
James Monroe
200
How much did France charge the U.S. per acre
4 cents
200
Who did Jefferson want exploers to make contact with?
Native Americans
200

Money paid to one country by another country in return for protection.

What is tribute?

300
What was the name of the treaty that the U.S. had with Spain?
Pinckney Treaty
300

Why did France suddenly want to sell?

Haiti, a French colony was revolting and France needed money for war with Britain.

300
Which mountain range is to the west of the Louisiana Territory?
Rocky Mountains
300
Which city did Lewis and Clark leave from?
St. Louis
300

A government order that forbids foreign trade

What is an embargo?

400
Which port did the U.S. want access to?
New Orleans
400
Who was president when the U.S. doubled in size?
Thomas Jefferson
400
Which river is to the east of the Louisiana territory?
Mississippi River
400
What was the name of Lewis and Clark's translator?
Sacagwea
400

1. Crop prices failed 2. Thousands of Americans lost their jobs.  3. Citizens resorted to smuggling

Results of the Embargo of 1807.

500
Who was the leader of France in the early 1800s?
Napoleon Bonaparte
500
What did France offer to the U.S. besides New Orleans?
The Louisiana Territory
500
What area of land is to the north of the Louisiana territory and which body of water is to the south of the Louisiana Territory?
Canada and the Gulf of Mexico
500

The main purpose of the Lewis & Clark expedition.

What is to find a waterway to the Pacific ocean?

500

1. Siezing American ships and 2. Impressing US sailors

Actions taken by Britain & France because the US stayed neutral during their war?