Thomas Jefferson sent two envoys to France in 1803 with the essential 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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a) sheep b) cattle c) buffalo d) burros
Charlemagne attempted to revive education in France
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
An innovative feature of the jazz-age economy was
a. the department store. b. capital investment. c. government aid to manufacturing. d. installment buying. e. the stock market.
Who used the following quote to describe the situation in the United States in the late 1850s?: “A house divided against itself can not stand.”
A) Stephen Douglas B) Henry Clay C) Abraham Lincoln D) John Calhoun