Quiz  /  Louisiana Purchase

  • 1. 
    In what year did the United States make the Louisiana Purchase?

  • 1803
  • 1865
  • 1776
  • 1812

  • 2. 
    What future U.S. president traveled to France to make the deal?

  • Andrew Jackson
  • John Quincy Adams
  • James K. Polk
  • James Monroe

  • 3. 
    Who was leader of France at the time of the purchase?

  • Napoleon
  • King Louis XIV
  • Charles de Gaulle
  • Charles X

  • 4. 
    How much did the U.S. pay for the Louisiana Territory?

  • $1 billion
  • $150 million
  • $80 million
  • $15 million

  • 5. 
    True or False: All of the U.S. Congress supported the purchase.

  • FALSE
  • TRUE

  • 6. 
    What famous explorers traveled up the Missouri River and to the Pacific Ocean?

  • Smith and Wesson
  • Lewis and Clark
  • Armstrong and Aldrin
  • Louis and Jones

  • 7. 
    What port city did Thomas Jefferson originally set out to purchase from France?

  • New Orleans
  • New York
  • Charleston
  • Baltimore

  • 8. 
    Who was the U.S. president at the time of the purchase?

  • Thomas Jefferson
  • George Washington
  • James Monroe
  • John Adams

  • 9. 
    The land of the Louisiana Purchase was to the west of what major river?

  • Mississippi River
  • Colorado River
  • Ohio River
  • Rio Grande River

  • 10. 
    What country owned the land before France?

  • Spain
  • England
  • Italy
  • Germany
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