Question

president jefferson eventually decided that the federal government’s power to make treaties covered the louisiana purchase. on october 20, 1803, the senate voted to ratify, or approve, the treaty. the table below shows the senate’s votes by political party. look at the table. then answer the question below.

	yes	no
democratic - republican	23	0
federalist	1	7

which statement is true about the senate vote on the louisiana purchase treaty?
the treaty passed with mostly federalist votes.
democratic - republicans and federalists supported the treaty in about equal numbers.
the treaty passed with mostly democratic - republican votes.

Explanation:

1. Analyze the first statement: The Federalist "Yes" votes are 1, while Democratic - Republican "Yes" votes are 23. So the treaty did not pass with mostly Federalist votes.
2. Analyze the second statement: Democratic - Republican "Yes" votes (23) and Federalist "Yes" votes (1) are not in about equal numbers.
3. Analyze the third statement: Democratic - Republican "Yes" votes (23) are much more than Federalist "Yes" votes (1), so the treaty passed with mostly Democratic - Republican votes.

Answer:

The treaty passed with mostly Democratic - Republican votes.