About a nickel.
The oldest statistical data I can locate doesn't have information earlier than 1913, but in 1913 the average loaf of bread was shown at 5.6 cents. This was as reported in <em>Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970 (volume 2),</em> as published by the <span>U.S. Department of Commerce.</span>
Or, as another example, the Denver post reported that in 1912 Hurlbut's--which was then a grocery store in Denver--advertised "<span>six loaves of 'homemade' bread for 25 cents," which would work out as a special price less than 5 cents per loaf for the store's bakery bread. (Source: "A Titanic Difference in the Cost of Living 100 Years Later, <em>The Denver Post, </em>March 16, 2012.)</span>
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#1 Its primary goals were to map Louisiana territory and to find a route to the Pacific. Carried out during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 doubled the size of the United States and was by far the largest territorial gain in American history.
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<span>North had a more widespread network of railroads available for delivering troops and supplies to the battlefield.</span>
