What action did Thomas Jefferson take despite questions about constitutional provisions allowing it? Question options: He sent Lewis and Clark on an expedition. He authorized the Louisiana Purchase. He appointed a speaker of the House. He built a home at Monticello.
A)He authorized the Louisiana Purchase.
Yup. Thomas Jefferson was the first president to purchase land. It nearly tripled the size of the United States. A would make sense. Monticello was already his estate in Virginia. Louis and Clarke could have only done their expedition with the Louisiana Purchase and there was (I believe) already a Speaker of the House. By purchasing the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon, it brings into question the constitutional authority of the president, since it never clearly stated whether or not a president could buy federal land.
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