The Louisiana Purchase and Its Impact on Westward Expansion

On April 30, 1803, one of the greatest real estate deals in history took place. It doubled the size of the country and put the United States in a position to become a world power. The purchase of this land greatly increased the economic resources of the United States, and it sealed the union of the Middle West and the East. An even more astonishing detail is that this territory was obtained by peaceful means. Through the …

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