Question

How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory in 1803?A.$15,000,000B.$120,000C.$50,000,000D.$200,000,000

Answer 1

In 1803, U.S. representatives in Paris agreed to pay $15 million for about 828,000 square miles of land that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada. This deal, known as the Louisiana Purchase, nearly doubled the size of the United States. It's quite amazing if you ask me, that's a lot of money.