1. Louisiana Purchase

2. What does this insect have to do with the Louisiana Purchase?

3. A. Ownership 1. Fur trappers claimed it for France.

4. B. Why was America interested in the area? 1. American farmers were moving into the area.

5. B. Why was America interested in the area? 1. American farmers were moving into the area. 2. Right of Deposit – the Mississippi River was the cheapest way to get farm goods to the eastern cities.

6. Horse and cart

7. Flatboat and Keelboat

8. Ocean going ship

9. C. Jefferson negotiates with the French. 1. He wanted to buy New Orleans and the Mississippi River for $10 million.

10. C. Jefferson negotiates with the French. 1. He wanted to buy New Orleans and the Mississippi River for $10 million. 2. The French say “no.”

11. C. Jefferson negotiates with the French. 1. He wanted to buy New Orleans and the Mississippi River for $10 million. 2. The French say no. 3. They changed their minds because of an insect and an island named Haiti.

12. C. Jefferson negotiates with the French. 3. They changed their minds because of an insect and an island named Haiti. a. French army dies of yellow fever in Haiti.

13. Toussaint-Louverture A former slave in Haiti and the grandson of an African chief France lost control of Haiti in 1791 when Louverture and other African slaves revolted Today Haiti is 90% African descent

15. C. Jefferson negotiates with the French. 3. They changed their minds because of an insect and an island names Haiti. a. French army dies of yellow fever in Haiti. b. France needed $ for a war with England.

16. D. The cost 1. 828, 000 square miles for $15 million or 3 cents an acre.

17. The Louisiana Purchase

18. Lewis and Clark Jefferson assigned two skilled frontiersmen, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark the task of mapping the Louisiana Territory Lewis & Clark traveled with a crew of 45 explorers and kept detailed journals

19. Sacagawea Wife of a French- Canadian fur trader Hired by Lewis & Clark as guides and interpreters She showed explorers where to fish, to hunt, and to find wild vegetables She also helped trade supplies with American Indians