which of the following is true of the louisiana purchase? * the slave rebellion in haiti almost persuaded napoleon to keep louisiana as a base from which to attack the island if necessary france had guaranteed the united states commercial access to new orleans, but jefferson feared that a british victory over france would deprive the united states of that access jefferson expected the land acquisition to make possible the spread of agrarian republicanism ironically, a majority of democratic-republican congressmen opposed the purchase, so federalist votes ultimately made its approval possible