Chapter 8.2

Question 1

What did Spain do with their land

Answer 1

Established 21 missions in California to control their territorial claims

Question 2

What did Britain and Russia both claim

Answer 2

Northwest lands of California to Alaska

Question 3

What 2 problems with New Orleans did the US have

Answer 3

1. Needed Mississippi River and New Orleans in order to trade
2. Spain closed New Orleans before it turned into the Louisiana territory over to France, which almost caused a war between US and Spain

Question 4

Napoleon Bonaparte

Answer 4

New ruler of France. He reached an agreement with Spain to take over the Louisiana territory and New Orleans

Question 5

Jefferson and New Orleans

Answer 5

Fearing a problem with New Orleans, Jefferson offered to purchase New Orleans from Napoleon. Napoleon asked if the US wanted the Lousiana territory as well

Question 6

Problem with Jefferson and New Orleans

Answer 6

Jefferson believed in a strict interpretation of the constitution and the constitution doesn’t talk about purchasing land. Jefferson thought that the land was extremely important and more important if it was legal or not

Question 7

When was the Louisiana purchase

Answer 7

April 30, 1803

Question 8

How much was the Louisiana purchase

Answer 8

$15 million went to France for this purchase. Equivalent to 3 cents per acre

Question 9

Importance of Louisiana purchase

Answer 9

Doubled the size of the US

Question 10

Why did the Lewis and Clark expedition start

Answer 10

Jefferson wanted to explore the new purchase. He put Lewis and Clark on an expedition to explore the Louisiana territory

Question 11

What were they looking for in the Lewis and Clark expedition

Answer 11

To see if the Missouri ran to the pacific

Question 12

Who helped Lewis and Clark a lot

Answer 12

Natives

Question 13

Who was Sacagawea

Answer 13

17 year old wife of a trapper. Traveled with Lewis and Clark acting as an interpreter and securing supplied for her tribe

Question 14

Significance of the Lewis and Clark expedition

Answer 14

After finding the Columbia River, Lewis and Clark found the pacific. Also they were able to map large part of the Louisiana territory and discovered that an all water route to the pacific did not exist.

Question 15

In pikes expedition, what was he supposed to find

Answer 15

Southern part of the Louisiana territory and find the sources of the red river and Arkansas River

Question 16

What mountain did pike see

Answer 16

He saw a mountain peek(later named pike’s peek) but was unable to climb it

Question 17

Problem of pikes expedition

Answer 17

1. Pike and his man eventually ran into the rio grande which is Spanish territory
2. He and his men were captured and later released in 1807

Question 18

3 effects of exploration

Answer 18

Accurate maps: maps created of the territory were eventually used by travelers as they moved west

Growth of fur trade: exploration boosted interest in fur trades, especially as people moved west

Mistaken view of Great Plains: people believed that the Great Plains were a desert which they were not.
Many Americans believed the plains were useless, which they weren’t

Question 19

Who controlled the Louisiana Territory

Answer 19

France