How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States and its government?
1 Answer
May 3, 2017
It doubled the size of the USA and raised a constitutional question.
Explanation:
In 1803, the Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the USA and raised a key constitutional question. Indeed Jefferson though a strict constitutionalist took a different different approach with this decision, he indeed took a loose constructionist approach, his interpretation of the constitution was much broader than what he had stood for. He claimed the purchase was like the signing of a treaty to prevent its looking like a violation of the constitution.
