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Expansion and Settlement Answers

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One major way that the Lewis and Clark expedition affected American business was that the explorers

A
found a location for a national bank.
B
located important routes for trade and travel.
C
brought back specimens of natural discoveries.
D
found a water route across the continent.
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Why did President Thomas Jefferson want control of New Orleans?

A
to control trade along the Mississippi River
B
to control the island of Haiti in the Caribbean
C
to increase the amount of land available for settlement
D
to increase the likelihood of finding a water route to the Pacific
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A main reason President Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark west in the early 1800s was to

A
find a water route to the Pacific.
B
discover new native peoples.
C
discover a new water route to Canada.
D
remove native peoples from US lands.
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How did the Northwest Ordinance increase sectionalism in the United States?

A
It put the territory under one government.
B
It ensured religious freedom.
C
It laid out a way for territories to become states.
D
It made slavery illegal.
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During the Lewis and Clark expedition,

A
Sacagawea and her child helped smooth relations with American Indians.
B
the explorers found a water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
C
the explorers ignored the natural world and focused on American Indians.
D
many skilled people of the frontier helped to smooth relations with American Indians.
6

Which town was the gateway to the Mississippi River and therefore necessary for the United States to acquire?

A
Memphis
B
New Orleans
C
Baton Rouge
D
St. Louis
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A pair of geographic features in the Northwest Territory that made it attractive for settlement in the late 1700s was its

A
rivers and lakes.
B
hills and mountains.
C
deserts and plains
D
hills and valleys.
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Which best describes why the United States wanted the Louisiana Territory?

A
to halt French expansion in North America
B
to gain control of commerce on the Mississippi River
C
to remove European rule in North America
D
to find and gain access to a transcontinental river route
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Why did France want to sell the Louisiana Territory?

A
to fund its European wars
B
to create a North American empire
C
to fund its war against Haitian revolutionaries
D
to control economic conditions in the United States
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Why was the Mississippi River important to the United States in the late 1700s?

A
It connected the Northwest Territory with the port of New Orleans.
B
It connected the Northwest Territory with the Louisiana Territory and the Caribbean.
C
It gave Western settlers a way of traveling to and from distant places.
D
It allowed Western farmers to transport goods to and from distant markets.

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