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What are two reasons that the Louisiana Purchase caused a debate in the United States?

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Many didn't like the idea of the Louisiana Purchase because it would force Native people off their land. This caused debates within the United States government. Many disagreed with westward expansion as a whole.
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: People living in rural areas feared that they would be forced to move west.

: Some politicians accused President Thomas Jefferson of acting against his own principles.

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