In 1803, the United States had purchased the land known as Louisiana from France. The United States received over 800,000 square miles of land for approximately $15 million dollars. While the Louisiana Purchase was Thomas Jefferson’s greatest achievement during his presidency, it also posed a major problems for him. The dilemmas Thomas Jefferson faced was that purchase of the Louisiana territory went against his political beliefs, he knew that the constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty would be called into question, and there would be an issue with how to deal with diverse societies that lie within Continue reading...