Question

Select the correct answer.
What was one legal issue that arose because of the Louisiana Purchase agreement?
O A. Robert Livingston and James Monroe were suspected of accepting bribes from the French government.
O B. Robert Livingston and James Monroe signed the agreement before they informed President Jefferson about it.
OC. The US government had no money in its treasury when the agreement was signed.
OD. The United States was in a state of war with France when the agreement was signed.

Answer 1

Answer: b

Explanation: One legal issue can be splitting the territory into slave and non-slave states. For example, Spain had abolished slavery of Native-Americans, however when the US took over, there was still slavery of Natives, so there were legal disputes on how it should be handled. Eventually the supreme court intervened to solve it.