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How did this purchase help the United States (The Louisiana Purchase)

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The purchase doubled the size of the United States, greatly strengthened the country materially and strategically, provided a powerful impetus to westward expansion, and confirmed the doctrine of implied powers of the federal Constitution.
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The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 was extremely important to the United States because it dramatically expanded the size of the country.

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