In exchanging , the United States acquired the vast domain of Louisiana Territory, some 828,000 square miles of land. The treaty was dated April 30<span> and signed on </span>May 2<span>. In October, the U.S. Senate ratified the purchase, and in </span>December 1803<span> France transferred authority over the region to the United States.</span>
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A vocal school, blab school or ABC school or Old-time School was a type of children's primary school at some remote rural places in North America, outdated and obsolete as the 19th century progressed. The school children recited (blabbed) their lessons out loud separately or in chorus with others as a method of learning.
