Louisiana Purchase

PBS Learning Media
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PBS Learning Media
Resource Type
Classroom Material
Keywords
Louisiana Purchase France westward expansion Manifest Destiny United States map of purchased area image of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase Treaty 828000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River $15 million political interests in the West three separate agreements between the United States and France treaty of cession two agreements providing for the exchange of monies in the transaction Napoleon Bonaparte Foreign Minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord
Subjects
History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Post-Secondary
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Louisiana Purchase

This gallery includes resources including a map, background essay, and classroom activity on the 1803 Louisiana Purchase Treaty. The Treaty, signed on April 30, 1803, allowed the the United States to purchase 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.
Publisher
PBS Learning Media

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