One major difficulty President Jefferson faced in buying the Louisiana Territory was:
a. the Constitution made no provision for the government to buy foreign territory
b. Creole residents of Louisiana opposed American attempts to buy the territory
c. Congress refused to appropriate the funds necessary for the purchase
d. France preferred territory to cash
A
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