b. britain's support of the u.s. effort.
c. the political backing of the federalists.
d. jefferson's threat to take the land by force.
e. the fact that france offered it for free.
Napoléon's disastrous setback in Haiti
The Louisiana Purchase was a land purchase made by United States president Thomas Jefferson in 1803. He bought the Louisiana territory from France which was under the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte. However, the Louisiana Purchase was a problem for Jefferson because he believed that the Constitution did not give authority to acquire new land
The Louisiana Purchase was primarily enabled by Napoleon's failed endeavors in Haiti. Following a successful slave revolt there, Napoleon abandoned his plans for a North American French empire, opting to sell the Louisiana Territory instead.
The Louisiana Purchase was made possible primarily due to Napoleon's disastrous setback in Haiti. Napoleon had plans to establish a large French Empire in the New World which included the Caribbean, North American mainland, and the southern portion of the United States. However, Haiti, a key part of his plan, led a successful slave revolt. This crushed Napoleon's ambitions for an American empire and he decided to sell the Louisiana Territory to alleviate France's financial troubles and prevent the land from falling into British control. Thus, the United States was able to purchase the territory at a very reasonable cost.
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by Willa Cather
1 THE CIRCUS was on Saturday. The next morning Claude was standing at his dresser, shaving. His
beard was already strong, a shade darker than his hair and not so red as his skin. His eyebrows
and long lashes were a pale corn-colour—made his blue eyes seem lighter than they were, and,
he thought, gave a look of shyness and weakness to the upper part of his face. He was exactly
the sort of looking boy he didn’t want to be. He especially hated his head,—so big that he had
trouble in buying his hats, and uncompromisingly square in shape; a perfect block-head. His
name was another source of humiliation. Claude: it was a “chump” name, like Elmer and Roy;
a hayseed name trying to be fine. In country schools there was always a red-headed, wartyhanded,
runny-nosed little boy who was called Claude. His good physique he took for granted;
smooth, muscular arms and legs, and strong shoulders, a farmer boy might be supposed to have.
Unfortunately he had none of his father’s physical repose, and his strength often asserted itself
inharmoniously. The storms that went on in his mind sometimes made him rise, or sit down, or
lift something, more violently than there was any apparent reason for his doing.
2 The household slept late on Sunday morning; even Mahailey did not get up until seven. The
general signal for breakfast was the smell of doughnuts frying. This morning Ralph rolled out of
bed at the last minute and callously put on his clean underwear without taking a bath. This cost
him not one regret, though he took time to polish his new oxblood shoes tenderly with a pocket
handkerchief. He reached the table when all the others were half through breakfast, and made
his peace by genially asking his mother if she didn’t want him to drive her to church in the car.
3 “I’d like to go if I can get the work done in time,” she said, doubtfully glancing at the clock.
4 “Can’t Mahailey tend to things for you this morning?”
5 Mrs. Wheeler hesitated. “Everything but the separator, she can. But she can’t fit all the parts
together. It’s a good deal of work, you know.”
6 “Now, Mother,” said Ralph good-humouredly, as he emptied the syrup pitcher over his cakes,
“you’re prejudiced. Nobody ever thinks of skimming milk now-a-days. Every up-to-date farmer
uses a separator.”
7 Mrs. Wheeler’s pale eyes twinkled. “Mahailey and I will never be quite up-to-date, Ralph. We’re
old-fashioned, and I don’t know but you’d better let us be. I could see the advantage of a
separator if we milked half-a-dozen cows. It’s a very ingenious machine. But it’s a great deal
more work to scald it and fit it together than it was to take care of the milk in the old way.”
8 “It won’t be when you get used to it,” Ralph assured her. He was the chief mechanic of the
Wheeler farm, and when the farm implements and the automobiles did not give him enough
to do, he went to town and bought machines for the house. As soon as Mahailey got used to
a washing-machine or a churn, Ralph, to keep up with the bristling march of invention, brought
home a still newer one. The mechanical dish-washer she had never been able to use, and patent
flat-irons and oil-stoves drove her wild.
9 Claude told his mother to go upstairs and dress; he would scald the separator while Ralph got
the car ready. He was still working at it when his brother came in from the garage to wash his
hands.
10 “You really oughtn’t to load mother up with things like this, Ralph,” he exclaimed fretfully. “Did
you ever try washing this . . . thing yourself?”
11 “Of course I have. If Mrs. Dawson can manage it, I should think mother could.”
12 “Mrs. Dawson is a younger woman. Anyhow, there’s no point in trying to make machinists of
Mahailey and mother.”
13 Ralph lifted his eyebrows to excuse Claude’s bluntness. “See here,” he said persuasively, “don’t
you go encouraging her into thinking she can’t change her ways. Mother’s entitled to all the
labour-saving devices we can get her.”
14 Claude rattled the thirty-odd graduated metal funnels which he was trying to fit together in their
proper sequence. “Well, if this is labour-saving—”
15 The younger boy giggled and ran upstairs for his panama hat. He never quarrelled. Mrs. Wheeler
sometimes said it was wonderful, how much Ralph would take from Claude.
16 After Ralph and his mother had gone off in the car, Mr. Wheeler drove to see his German
neighbour, Gus Yoeder, who had just bought a blooded bull. Dan and Jerry were pitching
horseshoes down behind the barn. Claude told Mahailey he was going to the cellar to put up the
swinging shelf she had been wanting, so that the rats couldn’t get at her vegetables.
17 “Thank you, Mr. Claude. I don’t know what does make the rats so bad. The cats catches one
most every day, too.”
18 “I guess they come up from the barn. I’ve got a nice wide board down at the garage for your
shelf.”
The meaning of callously according to the context cost him not one regret. Thus, option 'C' is the correct option.
Callously refers to acting in a way that conveys a callous disdain for others. In a sentence, callous The principal dismissed Jerome in front of his coworkers in a cruel move.
Example:
A callous person or behavior is extremely harsh and demonstrates a lack of regard for other people's feelings. However, callous personality qualities are generally not good since they may interfere with healthy interpersonal connections. Therefore, callousness may be a deal breaker for a good relationship, even when certain less-than-perfect traits of someone in your life may be worth overlooking (or at least possible to work on).
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Answer:
C.
Cost him not one regret
3. The early settlers in Quebec had to deal with a lot of Indians. TRUE or FALSE
4. Which of the following is NOT true about Louis Joliet?
A) He was born in Quebec.
B) He went to France to study map making.
C) He lived to publish several volumes about his explorations.
D) He explored all along the Mississippi River.
1- FALSE
2- TRUE
Louis Joliet was a French-Canadian explorer of North America, especially of the current Quebecois territory. Together with the Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette, in 1673 they were the first Europeans to travel and draw maps of the upper Mississippi river, which they arrived traveling from New France, the territory of present-day Canada (from the south, the river had already been explored by the Spaniards of the expedition of Hernando de Soto).
3- TRUE
Louis Jolliet was born in 1645 in a French settlement near Quebec City, son of Jean Jolliet, member of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés, and María Abancourt. When he was seven years old, his father died and his mother remarried a successful merchant. Jolliet's stepmother owned land on the island of Orleans, an island on the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, which was home to several Native American tribes. Jolliet spent a lot of time on the island of Orleans, so he is likely to start speaking indigenous languages at an early age. During his childhood, Quebec was the center of the French fur trade. The natives were part of everyday life in Quebec, and Jolliet grew up knowing a lot about them.
4- Option C is false. He never published his memories.
B. Large government endangers economic growth and individual choice.
C. Large government encourages economic growth and individual choice.
D. Welfare programs should be expanded to help poor Americans.