Thomas Jefferson sent two envoys to France in 1803 with the initial goal of
a. preventing Napoleon from handing Louisiana back to Spain.
b. purchasing as much territory west of the Mississippi as they could get.
c. preventing Napoleon from fortifying New Orleans and St. Louis.
d. bribing the French foreign ministry into permitting Americans to deposit grain in New Orleans.
e. purchasing New Orleans to make it secure for American shippers.
e
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What assured the triumph of capitalism?
A) The expansion of empires into the east B) The acceleration of trade and production C) The expansion of European holdings in a westerly direction D) The seizure of raw materials coming from the colonies E) The rise of the African empires and their willingness to support global trade
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How was Lincoln changing his opinion of blacks shortly before he was assassinated?
A) He suggested that perhaps some blacks who were educated or veterans should be able to vote. B) He thought that not only should all blacks be free, but also that they should enjoy the same political and social rights as whites. C) He thought that the federal government should give each freed black "forty acres and a mule." D) He was really not changing his mind at all and was always more concerned with the southern states than the black people in them.