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5 pages. This paper looks into the actions of Thomas Jefferson during the Louisiana Purchase as well as Andrew Jackson's measures taken during the Indian Removal as far as the effects they had on slavery, sectionalism and the interpretation of the Constitution. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Removal as far as the effects they had on slavery, sectionalism and the interpretation of the Constitution. THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE Thomas Jefferson was uncertain what the
French meant to do about allowing free navigation of the Mississippi River. With this in mind, he sent "James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston to Paris to negotiate the
purchase of a tract of land on the lower Mississippi or, at least, a guarantee of free navigation on the river" (Louisiana Purchase PG). Because Napoleon Bonaparte had lost
thousands of soldiers to yellow fever in Louisiana and he needed funds quickly, he offered to sell Louisiana to the United States. Thomas Jefferson was delighted to learn about this.
While the Constitution did not empower the President to purchase land by treaty, Jefferson felt it was worth violating the Constitution of the United States in order to go
ahead and make the purchase, thus more than doubling the current land size of the United States. This in itself was a surprising if not impulsive decision to be
made by Jefferson. However, he justified it because it would also allow total navigation of the Mississippi as well as allow this large amount of land to be settled.
"The Senate concurred with this decision and voted ratification on Oct. 20, 1803. The Spanish, who had never given up physical possession of Louisiana to the French, did
so in a ceremony at New Orleans on Nov. 30, 1803. In a second ceremony, on Dec. 20, 1803, the French turned Louisiana over to the United States" (Louisiana
Purchase PG). This was considered the largest land transaction to happen up to that time in history. Lewis and Clark were sent to explore the region and to map
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