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List two pros and two cons of the Louisiana Purchase

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Pros:

1. It made the size of the U. S form 2x big.

2. The land was very cheap

Cons:

1. People got worried that the us would grow too big. When it’s too big it will be hard to govern.

2. They didn’t know if the Louisiana Purchase was constitutional

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Answer:

Pros

Us got the land meaning the people could expand onto it (Manifest Destiny)

We now had control of the Mississippi meaning we can trade on it.

Cons

We spent a lot of money on the deal, but still a good one

From a moral perspective native Americans were kicked off the land.

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