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Geography 028 - Map of the Louisiana Purchase - 1803
USCIS Civics · Question 90 of 128

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

Official Answer

Louisiana Territory

Also accepted: Louisiana

In plain English

The United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803. President Thomas Jefferson paid 15 million dollars for it. This purchase doubled the size of the United States. The territory the United States bought from France in 1803 was the Louisiana Territory.

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Geography 028 - Map of the Louisiana Purchase - 1803
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Image: Geography 028 - Map of the Louisiana Purchase - 1803 — BioKnowlogy, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.Answers verbatim from USCIS M-1778 (09/25)