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Question

How did the Louisiana Purchase change the territory of the United States?

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Responses

It made the Spanish think about giving the US their territory
It made the Spanish think about giving the US their territory

It shrunk the US by half
It shrunk the US by half

It doubled the size of the US
It doubled the size of the US

It allowed the President to put Native Americans there

Answer 1

The correct response is:

It doubled the size of the US.

The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 effectively doubled the size of the United States by adding a vast amount of territory west of the Mississippi River.