USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which event was a direct result of the Louisiana Purchase and helped to lay the foundations for western expansion?
A
Defeat of Napoleon
B
Lewis and Clark expedition
C
Election of Thomas Jefferson
D
Marbury v. Madison
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer. Lewis and Clark’s expedition was a direct result of the Louisiana Purchase and helped to lay the foundations for western expansion. Thus option B is correct.

Detailed explanation-2: -What was the impact of the Louisiana Purchase? The Louisiana Purchase eventually doubled the size of the United States, greatly strengthened the country materially and strategically, provided a powerful impetus to westward expansion, and confirmed the doctrine of implied powers of the federal Constitution.

Detailed explanation-3: -which event was a direct result of the louisiana purchase and helped to lay the foundations for western expansion ? lewis and clark expedition.

Detailed explanation-4: -Louisiana Purchase Negotiations It’s believed that the failure of France to put down a slave revolution in Haiti, the impending war with Great Britain and probable British naval blockade of France – combined with French economic difficulties – may have prompted Napoleon to offer Louisiana for sale to the United States.

Detailed explanation-5: -How did the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition affect the expansion of the United States? The purchase doubled the size of the country and that meant that the new land would have to be explored.

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