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NEW GOVERNMENT TEST TOMORROW MARKING PERIODS ENDS FRIDAY
October 29, 2018 U.S. History Agenda: DO NOW: Multiple Choice Review NOTES #16: Why was the Louisiana Purchase important to the U.S.? NEW GOVERNMENT TEST TOMORROW MARKING PERIODS ENDS FRIDAY
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Why was the Louisiana Purchase important to the U.S.? Notes #16
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The Louisiana Purchase was France’s sale of the Louisiana Territory to President Thomas Jefferson and the U.S. (for $15 million) in 1803. Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte of France
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By purchasing the Louisiana Territory, the U. S
By purchasing the Louisiana Territory, the U.S. gained geographic advantages, such as full control of the Mississippi River and New Orleans. X New Orleans
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The Louisiana Purchase also doubled the size of the U. S
The Louisiana Purchase also doubled the size of the U.S. and focused the U.S. on westward expansion. U.S. explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
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Before this purchase occurred, strict interpreters of the U. S
Before this purchase occurred, strict interpreters of the U.S. Constitution (like Jefferson) questioned the move. President Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809)
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This was because, in the Constitution, the president was not specifically given the power to purchase new land.
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As a result, when Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory, he showed that he had modified his belief that the Constitution should be strictly interpreted.
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