Focus Question:

Was President Thomas Jefferson

correct to have made the Louisiana
Purchase?
Do Now: Pick up folder and tracking sheet.
Familiarize yourself with class procedure.
Watch video and answer the
accompanying questions.

Answer the following questions:

What does the word implied mean?
What, then, is meant by the phrase
implied powers of the Constitution?
Why was it ironic that Jefferson took this
bold, powerful act?
Write one question you still have about
the Louisiana Purchase after seeing the
video.

In 1790, Thomas Jefferson opposed the creation

of the National Bank because
1) It was not expressly authorized by the
Constitution
2) It failed to benefit his home state of
Virginia
3) Treasury Secretary Hamilton refused to
put Washingtons face on the $1 bill
4) It symbolized small government

When Thomas Jefferson was elected president

in 1800, he pledged to
1) Purchase the Louisiana Territory
2) Enlarge the size of the National Bank
3) Reduce the size and scope of the federal
government
4) Fight Napoleon for the Louisiana
Territory

The Louisiana Territory was initially transferred

by ______________ to _______________.
1) France Spain
2) Spain France
3) France Italy
4) Italy - Spain

Thomas Jefferson ultimately justified the

Louisiana Purchase as being implied in the
Constitutions
1) Judicial power
2) General welfare clause
3) Commerce clause
4) Treaty-making power

The approximate price per acre for the Louisiana

Territory was ______________.
1)
2)
3)
4)

1 cent
3 cents
5 cents
7 cents

The Louisiana Purchase (1803)

Violated Jeffersons belief in limited govt.

Bought from France for $15 million.
It doubled the size of the U.S.
Gave U.S. control of New Orleans.
U.S. gained control of Mississippi River.
Important for transportation and trade.
Led to Manifest Destiny.
The idea that God wanted the U.S. to take
over all the territory in North America from
the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.