Why Did Jefferson Go Through with the Louisiana Purchase, Despite

question 78

Multiple Choice

Why did Jefferson go through with the Louisiana Purchase, despite the potential ideological problems it posed?

• A) He was able to acquire investments from the Spanish to offset the high cost of
• The purchase.
• B) Native Americans came forward to propose a treaty, which made him feel better about taking their lands.
• C) The climate of the land being purchased made it not well suited economically for slavery, an institution he opposed.
• D) He wanted to create a protective buffer separating the United States from the rest
• Of the world.
• E) It would help give the two political parties a shared goal since both saw the value in
• The acquisition of more land.

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