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How did the Louisiana Purchase contribute to the United States’ Manifest Destiny?

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The land bought stretched from today's Louisiana to north most of today's Minnesota. It also went westward to half of what is today's Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana. Without this major purchase being made, westward expansion would not have occurred and Manifest Destiny would not have been achieved.

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