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Why is the Louisiana purchase important to the U.S?

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Why is the Louisiana purchase important to the U.S?

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The Louisiana purchase is important because it gave the U.S control of the Mississippi River and the port city of New Orleans, both of which were used by farmers to ship their crops and get paid.

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Who was involved in the Louisiana Purchase?

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Who was involved in the Louisiana Purchase?

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Jefferson was involved in the Louisiana Purchase by sending the future U.S. president James Monroe to Paris to aid Livingston in the New Orleans purchase talks. In mid- April of 1803, shortly before Monroe's arrival, the French asked Livingston if the United States was interested in purchasing all of Louisiana territory.

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The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase made by the United States to acquire the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803, securing an additional 828,000 square miles of land and doubling size of the country.

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Livingston is the one who asked the United states if they wanted to own the Louisiana territory in 1803.

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How did this event help expand the United States to fulfill the idea of Manifest Destiny?

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How did this event help expand the United States to fulfill the idea of Manifest Destiny?

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The president at this time, Thomas Jefferson, helped to expand the United States because he kicked off the country's westward expansion at this time, 1803, with the Louisiana Purchase, which at some 828,000 square miles nearly doubled the size of the United States.

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What year did the Louisiana Purchase happen?

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What year did the Louisiana Purchase happen?

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The Louisiana Purchase happened in the year of 1803.

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The Louisiana Purchase took place in the United States.

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The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.