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Which of the Following Is True of the Louisiana Purchase

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Which of the following is true of the Louisiana Purchase?


A) The slave rebellion in Haiti almost persuaded Napoleon to keep Louisiana as a base from which to attack the island if necessary.
B) France had guaranteed the United States commercial access to New Orleans,but Jefferson feared that a British victory over France would deprive the United States of that access.
C) Jefferson believed that the Constitution explicitly and fully authorized this land deal.
D) Jefferson expected the land acquisition to make possible the spread of agrarian republicanism.
E) Ironically,a majority of Republican congressmen opposed the Purchase,so Federalist votes ultimately made its approval possible.

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