Which of these is NOT a true statement about the Louisiana Purchase?

a. Senators quickly approved the purchase.
b. It had enthusiastic public support.
c. It was the best real estate bargain in history - adding 828,000 square miles to the United States at three cents an acre.
d. It more than quadrupuled the size of the United States.
e. It cost $15 million.


d

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