Plzzz
how did the united states acquire the louisiana purchase?
a.
by fighting a war with mexico
b.
by buying it from great britain
c.
by buying it from france
d.
by exchanging territory with spain

The United States purchased the 530 million acres of land from the French in 1803 for $15 million dollars, after interest it was more of $23 million. The area included Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota south of Mississippi River, much of North Dakota, nearly all of South Dakota, northeastern New Mexico, northern Texas, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide, and Louisiana on both sides of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans