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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