The Louisiana Purchase changed the trajectory of U.S. expansion in the beginning of the 19th century, allowing the size of the country to grow by 530,000,000 acres. And at only a cost to the U.S ...

The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 sparked a new wave of exploration in the United States as a number of expeditions were ...

he said. The Louisiana Purchase happened in 1803, when the U.S. bought an enormous expanse of land west of the Mississippi River from France. Fetterman stressed that he was open to having “all ...

“If anyone thinks that’s bonkers, it’s like, well, remember the Louisiana Purchase?” Fetterman said. In 1803, the United States purchased land west of the Mississippi from the Frenc ...

First, Missouri gained admission to the Union as a slave state, with a provision that portions of the Louisiana Territory lying north of 36' 30' north latitude would be free. (This limitation was ...