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Date _________________________
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The Louisiana Purchase and Adams-Onis Treaty
In partners, please answer the following questions in complete sentences in
your own words. You may refer to your book (pages 141-142).
1. What do you feel was the greatest advantage of the United States acquiring such
a large territory?
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2. If France had not sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803, how
might Texas be different today?
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3. What was the significance of the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819?
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Use this page to make up a poem, song or rap about the Louisiana Purchase,
Adam-Onis Treaty or the Neutral Ground Territory. You must include at
least one effect of the event and at least 3 facts about the event (to make it
easier, use a song you already know and change the words- like “Twinkle,
Twinkle Little Star”, etc.). You may use your book, AR Guide and/or the
reading “Hard Road to Texas” to help you.