MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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assured sole ownership of the Great Lakes
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ended Spanish control of the Southwest
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provided full access to the Mississippi River
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Allowed completion of the first railroad in California
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase of imperial rights to the western half of the Mississippi River basin from France by the United States in 1803. The deal granted the United States the sole authority to obtain the land from its indigenous inhabitants, either by contract or by conquest.
Detailed explanation-2: -Purchasing New Orleans and the Louisiana territory gave the United States complete control over the Mississippi River. Farmers no longer had to rely on the whims of a foreign nation to ensure their goods and produce could access global markets.
Detailed explanation-3: -The gains were dramatic, as the territory acquired would in time add 13 new states to the union. In 1812, Louisiana became the first state to join the union from land bought in the purchase. Louisiana was allowed to enter the United States with its French legal traditions largely in place.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Louisiana Purchase was huge. It totaled 828, 000 square miles and all or part of what would later become 15 different states. It doubled the size of the United States and made it a major world nation. The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west.