According to National Geographic, the Louisiana Purchase was one of the largest land purchases in history, one that doubled the size of the U.S. The acquired territory included 827,000 square ...
National Archives The Louisiana Purchase, which more than doubled the size of the existing United States, provided Easterners with more than enough room to grow, and it quickly became a great ...
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