Louisiana Purchase
- ISBN-10
- 0689864434
- ISBN-13
- 9780689864438
- Series
- Louisiana Purchase
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 80
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-09-21
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Authors
- Connie Roop, Peter Roop
Description
When President Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from the French in 1803, the new lands raised such questions about government, the treatment of Native Americans, and whether the new states would be free states or slave states.
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