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President Thomas Jefferson approved the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. He and other Democratic-Republicans had doubts about the decision, however, because

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the Constitution clearly defined U.S. territory as being east of the Mississippi River
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The Constitution never said that the president has authority to make land purchases. Your Welcome!

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