<span>Westward expansion led to loss of life and territory for Native Americans and added to the growing conflict between "free" and "slave" states before the Civil War.</span>
President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 and sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on an exploration to check out what the United States got.
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Louisiana was the first state to be carved out of the Louisiana Territory and many Americans were uncomfortable with the idea. Louisiana Creoles were French-speaking Catholics with little experience with democracy. Americans feared that they wouldn't be loyal to their new country and could not assimilate properly. The participation of so many New Orleans residents in the Battle of New Orleans proved that Louisiana were Americans through and through.
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