WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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$15, 000, 000
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$15, 000
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$1, 500
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$150
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1803 the United States paid France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory–828, 000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River.
Detailed explanation-2: -In this transaction with France, signed on April 30, 1803, the United States purchased 828, 000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.
Detailed explanation-3: -The $15 million-the equivalent of about $342 million in modern dollars, and long viewed as one of the best bargains of all time-technically didn’t purchase the land itself.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827, 000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.