Possibly one of the most geographically altering deals to happen to our country at this time was the Louisiana Purchase. It was a bold move, but Thomas Jefferson bought the land from France, as they needed the money to fund their ongoing conflicts. He did this because he believed in an Agrarian Society, and for that type of country he would need a lot more land. It was a great deal, as it doubled the size of the country. It also avoided the threat of France being along our borders and weakened the Federalist Party. More geographical changes came as a cause of slavery. For example, with the Missouri Compromise, Missouri wanted to be a slave state, but that would have affected the balance of slave and free states. As a result, we added Missouri
