QUESTION 3 What was the significance of the Louisiana purchase, not only for the country but for Jefferson?

The purchase doubled the size of the United States, greatly strengthened the country materially and strategically, provided a powerful impetus to westward expansion, and confirmed the doctrine of implied powers of the federal Constitution.

Explanation:

It was a gamble that Jefferson took during his presidency and luckily he won. I was a crowning achievement of his presidency because it secured 15 of the future states in America.

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