Why did Thomas Jefferson decide to make the Louisiana Purchase?
a. Spain closed the port of New Orleans to American commerce.
b. Great Britain invaded Cuba.
c. The citizens of New Orleans petitioned him to do so.
d. Napoleon sent troops to the Dominican Republic.
e. Jefferson realized that the United States would gain Florida as well.
A
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A) wealthy investors B) evangelical Protestants C) social reformers D) urban Catholic workers
The early Federalist support for the French Revolution turned into angry hostility when
a. the French abandoned their commitment to the Franco-American alliance. b. the French revolutionaries denounced the American Revolution. c. the Revolution turned more radical and began its Reign of Terror. d. the French agent Citizen Genêt arrived in America to stir up trouble. e. the French began to harass and imprison Americans in Paris.
The Constitution prohibited Congress from __________ for twenty years
a) banning the importation of slaves b) limiting the spread of slavery c) abolishing slavery d) passing a fugitive slave law
When George Washington crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night, 1776, he was intent on surprising
A. American Loyalists. B. Indians. C. William Howe. D. British regulars. E. the Hessians.