Louisiana Purchase
A guide for young readers to understand the historic purchase of land by President Jefferson.
By Peter Roop and Connie Roop Read by Pat Grimes American / Children's Nonfiction / History - United States`strong> English, Unabridged 1h 2m Sell Sheet Also available onFormat | Release Date | List Price | Your Price | ISBN | |
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1 Audio CDs | September 30, 2016 | $39.99 | $29.99 | 9781520036090 | Add to Cart |
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Description
In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory from the French for $15,000,000. The purchase made President Jefferson's dream of extending the U.S. west of the Mississippi River come true. Now the much larger United States had difficult questions to answer: How would Louisiana be governed? How would it be divided into states? Would those states be free states or slave states? What would happen to the Native Americans? It would take over one hundred years, a war over slavery, and the creation of thirteen new states before these questions could be answered.
Reviews
"...a good, concise history of the Louisiana Territory, written in terms accessible to middle-graders." - Booklist