How Did the United States Gain Unrestricted Access to the Mississippi

question 19

Multiple Choice

How did the United States gain unrestricted access to the Mississippi River and New Orleans?

• A) By sending 3,000 regulars and Kentucky militiamen across the river into Spanish territory
• B) By signing an alliance with France against Spain
• C) By purchasing New Orleans from the French
• D) By blockading the entrance to the Mississippi and starving the city into submission
• E) By negotiating an agreement with Spain, which came to be known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo

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Definitions:

Strabismus

A condition in which the eyes do not properly align with each other when looking at an object, commonly referred to as crossed eyes.

External Auditory Canal

The external auditory canal is the tube that connects the outer ear to the eardrum, allowing sound to travel to the inner parts of the ear.

Auricle

The auricle, or pinna, is the visible part of the ear that captures sound waves and directs them into the ear canal.

Tympanic Membrane

Also known as the eardrum, a thin membrane that vibrates in response to sound waves, transmitting sound from the outer ear to the middle ear.