What Triggered Thomas Jefferson's Decision to Make the Louisiana Purchase

question 44

Multiple Choice

What triggered Thomas Jefferson's decision to make the Louisiana Purchase?

• A) Spain closed the port of New Orleans to American commerce.
• B) Great Britain invaded Cuba.
• C) The citizens of New Orleans petitioned him to do so.
• D) Napoleon sent troops to the Dominican Republic.
• E) Jefferson realized that the U.S. would gain Florida as well.

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