Question
In the leadup to this agreement, Senator Timothy Pickering drafted a plan for establishing a northern confederacy to balance out an increase in the number of slave-holding states. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this agreement, a $15 million acquisition of land in 1803, after which Thomas Jefferson launched the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
ANSWER: Louisiana Purchase
[10m] Pickering belonged to a group from Essex known by this term that staunchly opposed the Louisiana Purchase for economic interests. Benjamin Franklin's Leather Apron Club was known by this term for a group assembled for a common purpose.
ANSWER: junto [or Essex Junto]
[10h] This Virginia politician, nicknamed for being “of Roanoke,” led the House in opposing the Louisiana Purchase, failing by two votes. This leader of the Tertium Quids was the chief prosecutor for Samuel Chase's impeachment.
ANSWER: John Randolph of Roanoke [prompt on Randolph]
<Noah Sheidlower, American History>
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