epking
Why did Jefferson want the Louisiana Purchase?
Louisiana Purchase
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inzmtns
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The US needed control over the vital port city of New Orleans.
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rnlunatic
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American right of way on the Mississippi was becoming increasingly important to the growing Western territories.