What was the Louisiana Purchase and how did The US acquire it?

Answer 1

the Louisiana Purchase was acquired by the united states from the french.The french had sold it to them for 15 million dollars.They had sold it because the french were running low on money from all the wars they were in with other countries.

Answer 2

The Africans Told Us that they would take New Orleans So We Made An agreement with Asia To Give us The Louisiana Territory. They gave it to us and we then owned New Orleans. The Africans could not Take New Orleans away from us.

Answer 3

the louisiana purchase is when a person would by land and who did the purchase was president Thomas Jefferson