Expanding a Nation: Causes and Effects of the Louisiana Purchase

by Elizabeth Raum

Overview

Should the United States stay a small country or expand across the continent of North America? That was the question in 1804, when the United States had a chance to buy the huge Louisiana Territory from France. Who would make this big decision? And how would it change the United States?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476502366
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	07/01/2013
Series:	Capstone Cause and Effect Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.75(w) x 8.75(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	770L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Elizabeth Raum has written over two-dozen nonfiction books for young readers, including a biography of Louis Armstrong for Capstone Press. Over the years, she has worked as a middle school and high school English teacher, an elementary school librarian, and a college library director. Elizabeth Raum has written many nonfiction books for children. Two of her Capstone You Choose books, Orphan Trains: An Interactive History Adventure (2011) and Can You Survive Storm Chasing? (2012), are Junior Library Guild selections. Elizabeth lives in Michigan with her husband, Richard.

Table of Contents

A big purchase — What caused the Louisiana purchase? — Buying Louisiana — What effects did the Louisiana purchase have?