MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
it was an instance of strict interpretation of the Constitution
|
|
|
he had stopped John Adams from purchasing it three years earlier.
|
|
|
as a landholder in Virginia, he stood to profit personally from the deal.
|
|
|
as a Democratic-Republican, he would normally be against such Presidential power.
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Thomas Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana Territory could be viewed as hypocritical because: D) As a Democratic-Republican, he would normally be against such presidential power. The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory by the United States from France in 1803.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1803, Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory from France for $15 million. Although the purchase doubled the size of the United States, it was an extreme abuse of federal power. The Constitution did not give permission for a president to acquire land from a foreign power.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jefferson also worried about the constitutionality of the acquisition, for the Constitution did not specifically grant the federal government the authority to acquire more territory, and he considered an amendment to the Constitution. But Napoleon was becoming impatient and threatened to void the treaty.
Detailed explanation-4: -When France offered to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803, Jefferson wanted to seize the opportunity to double the size of the nation and to provide future generations with a seemingly inexhaustible supply of new farmland.