What is the main idea of the paragraph?The land in the story was purchased from the French government.
The Louisiana Purchase was important to the U.S.
The area the U.S. got was close to 828,000 square miles.
Thomas Jefferson completed a treaty with the French.
What are two supporting ideas for the main idea found in the passage?The deal wasn't helpful to the U.S. The territory stretched all the way to California.
The Louisiana Purchase was the first large land purchase in U.S. history. The purchased allowed people to now pass along the Mississippi River.
The Louisiana Purchase was given back to the French. The Mississippi River didn't help the U.S. that much.
The Louisiana Purchase cost the U.S. over a billion dollars. The actual treaty papers were lost.
