Question

How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the size of the country?

A. It quadrupled.
B. It stayed basically the same.
C. It doubled.
D. It was cut in half.

Answer 1

It doubles the size of the USA Expanding the nation from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains

Answer 2

B) It doubled.

This is because the Louisiana Purchase allowed more expansion towards the west, since there was much more land.