USA HISTORY

THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

THOMAS JEFFERSONS PRESIDENCY LOUISIANA PURCHASE LEWIS CLARK AND MORE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Jefferson’s vision for the US included which of the following?
A
building larger cities on the coast
B
expanding government power
C
expanding westward
D
abolishing the national bank
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Westward expansion began in earnest in 1803. Thomas Jefferson negotiated a treaty with France in which the United States paid France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory – 828, 000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River – effectively doubling the size of the young nation.

Detailed explanation-2: -In his 1805 Inaugural address, Jefferson celebrated the expansion of the country as a means of preserving and protecting the American Nation.

Detailed explanation-3: -To Jefferson, westward expansion was the key to the nation’s health: He believed that a republic depended on an independent, virtuous citizenry for its survival, and that independence and virtue went hand in hand with land ownership, especially the ownership of small farms.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gold rush and mining opportunities (silver in Nevada) The opportunity to work in the cattle industry; to be a “cowboy” Faster travel to the West by railroad; availability of supplies due to the railroad. The opportunity to own land cheaply under the Homestead Act.

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