How many US states were formed from the Louisiana Purchase?

The number of US states formed from the Louisiana Purchase is 14. The states that would eventually be created from the Louisiana Purchase include: Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, parts of Minnesota that were west of the Mississippi River, most of North Dakota, nearly all of South Dakota, northeastern New Mexico, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide, and Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans.

Without the Louisiana Purchase the United States would be about 50% smaller in size. This was a heads-up deal that nearly doubled the size of the United State in 1803. At the time, U.S. representatives in Paris, France agreed to pay $15 million dollars for about 828,000 square miles of land that stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada.

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ruthfunk

THis land belonged to the indigenous people so for France to presume to sell the land to the US was not right.

Keith Lord

15 is the correct answer here - as it wasn't even offered as a potential answer I had to go with the closest number.

Player Dennis

15 is the correct answer if partial states are included.

Fred Keogh

Pat Salloum, All the users disagree because the answer is wrong. Even as a Brit I learned it was 15 states.

Bob Pirie

WRONG!! The correct answer is 15.

Stevie G

The Louisiana Purchase extended United States sovereignty across the Mississippi River, nearly doubling the nominal size of the country. The purchase included land from fifteen present U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.

Pat Salloum

Another question where all the users seem to disagree with the answer given!!

stevemanning

The correct answer is not given as a possible answer.

Pat Askew

The purchase included land from fifteen present U.S. states and two Canadian provinces, including the entirety of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska; large portions of North Dakota and South Dakota; the area of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide; the portion of Minnesota ... Louisiana Purchase - Wikipedia I chose 14 as the closest answer.

Celesta Petrus Harhai

15 is the correct answer. I chose 14 because it was the closest number.

Stephen W. Gerrard

Andy Andrews, Texas was obtained after a war with Mexico

jshehan

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