Chapter 102. Reflections on Opportunities and Challenges in the West, Chapter 10

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Correct. The answer is b. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that, as president, Thomas Jefferson faced unexpected opportunities and challenges that tested his Republican commitment to limited executive power and small government, and laid the foundation for American expansion into the West.

Incorrect. The answer is b. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that, as president, Thomas Jefferson faced unexpected opportunities and challenges that tested his Republican commitment to limited executive power and small government, and laid the foundation for American expansion into the West.

Correct. The answer is a. The author uses the Louisiana Purchase to support her assertion that Jefferson compromised his Republican principles about limited federal power when he took advantage of the opportunity to purchase the Louisiana Territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the United States.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author uses the Louisiana Purchase to support her assertion that Jefferson compromised his Republican principles about limited federal power when he took advantage of the opportunity to purchase the Louisiana Territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the United States.

Correct. The answer is c. As evidence to support her contention that the Louisiana Purchase generated challenges as well as opportunities for the Jefferson administration, the author cites the dominance of powerful Osage and Comanche Indians tribes in the lower Great Plains in the southwest of the Louisiana Territory. The presence and power of these groups required Jefferson and his advisers to pursue careful diplomacy with them in order to assure American access to the region without inciting warfare.

Incorrect. The answer is c. As evidence to support her contention that the Louisiana Purchase generated challenges as well as opportunities for the Jefferson administration, the author cites the dominance of powerful Osage and Comanche Indians tribes in the lower Great Plains in the southwest of the Louisiana Territory. The presence and power of these groups required Jefferson and his advisers to pursue careful diplomacy with them in order to assure American access to the region without inciting warfare.

Correct. The answer is a. The author attributes the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition—especially its establishment of favorable relations with Indian tribes in the northwest region of the Louisiana Territory—to the presence of the Shoshoni woman, Sacajawea, and her baby. Sacajawea spoke several languages, which made her a valuable translator and mediator, and her presence made it clear to suspicious Indians that the expedition was peaceful.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author attributes the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition—especially its establishment of favorable relations with Indian tribes in the northwest region of the Louisiana Territory—to the presence of the Shoshoni woman, Sacajawea, and her baby. Sacajawea spoke several languages, which made her a valuable translator and mediator, and her presence made it clear to suspicious Indians that the expedition was peaceful.

Correct. The answer is c. The author argues that the promising peace initiatives the Jefferson administration had pursued with the Osage during his presidency had begun to wane by the end of his administration. She suggests that rising intertribal warfare complicated U.S. efforts to defend the group and that, in 1808, the governor of the Louisiana Territory declared that the United States no longer had an obligation to protect them.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author argues that the promising peace initiatives the Jefferson administration had pursued with the Osage during his presidency had begun to wane by the end of his administration. She suggests that rising intertribal warfare complicated U.S. efforts to defend the group and that, in 1808, the governor of the Louisiana Territory declared that the United States no longer had an obligation to protect them.

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