Following (adhering)a strict interpretation of the constitution would have prevented (stopped) Jefferson from
Writing the "State of the Union" messages
checkmark Receiving ambassadors
Making the Louisiana Purchase
commissioning military officers
In deciding to purchase the Louisiana Territory, Jefferson could not strictly follow the Constitution
False
True
President Jefferson used implied powers when he
Purchased the Louisiana Territory
Started the Republican Party
Expressed support for the states
Which geographical advantage did the United States gain with the Louisiana Purchase?
Control of land west of the Rocky Mountains
Access to the Southern ports on the Pacific Ocean
A Mississippi River port on the Gulf of Mexico
What effect did the Louisiana Purchase have on the United States?
It doubled the size of the nation
It enabled the United States to the Port of San Francisco
It created an alliance between the United States and Great B
The Louisiana Purchase had a great geographical significance for the United States because it
reduced British control of North America
Extended United States control over
focused the United States on westward expansion
Which geographical advantage did the United States gain by purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803?
warm-water ports on the Atlantic coast
Full control of the Mississippi River
In the early 1800's, the need for a water route to help farmers ship their products to market was one reason for the
Louisiana Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
Mexican Cession
On what grounds would strict constructionists of the Constitution question the purchase of the Louisiana Territory
Congress was opposed to expansion west
It violated the guarantee of states' rights.
The president was not specifically given the power to purcha
Acquiring New Orleans in the Louisiana Purchase was important to developing the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys to
Provided protection from attacks by the Spanish
Provided migrant workers for river valley farms
Served as a port for American agricultural goods
A major reason President Jefferson authorized the Lewis and Clark expedition was to
Explore a route to the Pacific Ocean
Claim California for the US
Remove British outposts from US land
