How Did the United States Gain Unrestricted Access to the Mississippi

question 25

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 starved the city into submission.
• E) by negotiating the Pinckney Treaty with Spain.

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