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Louisiana Purchase
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The Louisiana Purchase gave the United States control of the Mississippi River and opened the way for explorers like Lewis and Clark to head west.
Louisiana Purchase = 1803 U.S. purchase from France that doubled the nation’s size with land west of the Mississippi River
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Jefferson authorized the Louisiana Purchase from the French and it turned out to be a pretty good deal!† (source)
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The French should choke to death on the Louisiana Purchase (1803) while silkworms ate all the Chinese with their stupid pigtails.† (source)

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The newlyweds left on the train for the World's Fair and Louisiana Purchase Centennial Exposition that had opened (a year late) in St. Louis.† (source)
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Many Acadians found their way to Louisiana, still ruled by France until the Louisiana Purchase, and they settled mainly in rural areas.† (source)
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In 1903 the Chicago House Wrecking Company bought the wheel at auction for $8,150, then reassembled it at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904.† (source)

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(Facing out) Well—I was really ready to make a speech about the Monroe Doctrine, but at the last minute Miss Corcoran made me talk about the Louisiana Purchase instead† (source) Thornton Wilder, Our Town, 1938
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Were it not for John Adams making peace with France, there might never have been a Louisiana Purchase.† (source) David McCullough, John Adams, 2002
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The Louisiana Purchase was ratified in 1803, and Louisiana became a state in 1812.† (source)

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