Answer to Question #121680 in History for Lizwi

Question

Explain The Louisiana Purchase.

Answer 1

The Louisiana Purchase was a land treaty of 1803 signed between the United States and France, in which the U.S acquired an approximate of 827,000 square miles of Louisiana territory from France, thereby doubling the size of young republican. The purchase provided a powerful impetus to westward expansion and confirmed the doctrine of the federal Constitution's implied powers.