The Louisiana Purchase included land acquired by the United States which region?

• A. The Oregon Territory
• B. The Louisiana Purchase territory
• C. The Florida Territory
• D. The Mexican Cession

Answer: (A)

The main idea is recognizing what region the Louisiana Purchase added to the United States. When France sold the land in 1803, the United States gained a huge central region known as the Louisiana Territory. This area extended from the Mississippi River west to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico up to the Canadian border, encompassing much of the middle of North America. It isn’t the Pacific Northwest (that’s the Oregon Territory), nor the Southeast Florida region (the Florida Territory), nor the far Southwest lands Mexico ceded after the Mexican-American War (the Mexican Cession). So the land described by the Louisiana Purchase is the Louisiana Territory.