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Why was the Louisiana Purchase important to the future of the United States?​

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The U.S wanted land for the people and their selves and for trade along the Mississippi river. And would make transportation easier as well.(I hope this makes sense)

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It doubled the size of the United States it also strengthened the country materially and strategically and confirmed the doctrine of implied powers of the federal constitution
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