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THE LOUIS & CLARK EXPEDITION
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Who help Louis and Clark navigate the Louisiana territory?
Sacagawea
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Thomas Jefferson's "rival"
Alexander Hamilton
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How much was the Louisiana Territory?
$15 million
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When people talked about the "west" what were they referring to?
The land between the Mississippi River and the Appalachian Mountains
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___________ is an issue when the national government has to much power over the state government
"big government"
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Louis, Clark and their group were the first to ___________________________________________.
either is correct -reach the Pacific ocean by land -the produced the first accurate map of the American northwest
200
Who supported the National Bank?
Alexander Hamilton
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How much was the Louisiana territory per acre?
About 3 cents per acre
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What troubled Jefferson about Napoleons offer?
The constitution said nothing about the president's right to buy land
200
How did Jefferson feel about the national bank?
he believed there was "no provision" in the constitution to permit such a thing.
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how long did the expedition last?
2 years, 4 months, and 10 days
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He was the French man who offers to sell the Louisiana territory for such a low price
Napoleon
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How much were we originally offering for the small piece of land near the Mississippi River that we had originally planed to buy?
$2 million
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how many states were organized on the land acquired?
13 states
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how did James Madison convince Thomas Jefferson to support the new constitution?
he proposed a bill of rights
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Who was the man who believed in strict construct of the constitution?
Thomas Jefferson
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What did farmers and merchants use the Mississippi for?
They used the river to movie their products to the port of New Orleans and from there to East Coast Markets
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______1______ transferred the Louisiana territory to ______2______ before the U.S. bought it.
1. Spain 2. France
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what is one reason why Napoleon offered the Louisiana territory for so little money?
any of these three are correct -he was alarmed by America's determination to keep the port of New Orleans open -after the revolt in the West India he lost enthusiasm for a colony in America -France needed the money after their war with Britain
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how did Jefferson justify the Louisiana purchase?
he turned to his rival, hamilton's idea of "implied power"