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What was the significance of the Louisiana Purchase? A. The U.S. doubled the size of its territory. B. The U.S. gained control over all of North America. C. The U.S. became the most populous country in the world. D. The U.S. acquired California

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A-  it doubled the size of the United States
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The significance is that the Louisiana Purchase doubled in size of its territory . After the Purchase , it was most of the the other side of the Mississippi River, the USA countrolled, before it was just on the eastern side of the US

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