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"On this day in 1803, the U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase Treaty, under which the U.S. paid France less than 3 cents an acre for 828,000 square miles of territory."
This land included the entirety of Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. Most of the land in Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Minnesota was also included.
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"On this day in 1803, the U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase Treaty,
under which the U.S. paid France less than 3 cents an acre for 828,000 square miles of territory."
This land included the entirety of Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas,
Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.
Most of the land in Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Minnesota was also included.