Why was the Louisiana Purchase both a great opportunity and a significant problem for Thomas Jefferson?
What will be an ideal response?
Opportunity: doubled the size of the United States; assured control of the Mississippi River and port of New Orleans; ended the threat of a powerful French presence on U.S. borders.
Problem: costly purchase, there was no constitutional provision for purchase of foreign territory (it required use of implied powers).
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A. full acceptance and approval B. complete rejection C. caution and interest D. religious outrage and condemnation E. ridicule and derision
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a. He failed to fund the national debt. b. Congress blocked his plan of assumption of the state debts. c. Washington vetoed his creation of a national bank. d. He was unable to win the passage of a protective tariff. e. Jefferson successfully lobbied against approval of a standardized currency.
Southern cities, with few exceptions, were
a. industrial centers. b. manufacturing centers. c. service centers. d. none of the above.
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A. the Celts B. the Greeks C. the Phoenicians D. the Assyrians