Why did President Jefferson consider French ownership of Louisiana unacceptable?
A) Ownership by a weaker nation than France offered more possibilities for the United States.
B) The French might join forces with the British and endanger American security.
C) If the French quarreled with the British, the United States might find itself caught in the middle.
D) French ownership interfered with Jefferson's dream of an empire of liberty.
E) All of these choices
Question 2
The 1823 Monroe Doctrine argued that European countries
A) could no longer establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
B) had to withdraw from their colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
C) should sell their colonies in the Western Hemisphere to the United States.
D) needed to develop plans to liberate their colonies.
E) needed to focus their colonial ambitions on Asia.
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