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Louisiana Purchase
About Louisiana Purchase
Question | Answer |
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What port did the Louisiana Territory include? | New Orleans |
Where did it border? | Mississippi River |
Why did Spain trade the land to the French? | Americans could not stay out of it |
What were some of the reasons french sold the land to us? | Needed money for war, slave revolt in Haiti, war with great Britain, needed us help in fight against Britain |
Pro of the purchase | Helped keep France and us united, public supported it, helped economy, lot of land for cheap, would double size, |
Con of purchase | Did not want to spend large amount of public money, thought it was abuse of power, had to loan money from Britain |
Outcome of Purchase | Allowed Jefferson to allow the head people to do what was ever needed, states were created, west was discovered, Pacific ocean was found |