Westward expansion: the Louisiana Purchase and the idea of Manifest Destiny

In 1803, the United States doubled in size by purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France. Many Americans came to believe in Manifest Destiny, the idea that the country was meant to expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean, and settlers moved west onto land that was already home to Native American nations.

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