The Question : How did Jefferson feel the purchase would
affect the U.S. ?
So what is the correct answer? The Louisiana Purchase was very controversial at the time. President Jefferson believed in a strict construction of the US Constitution — unless the Constitution specifically granted a power to the government, the power belonged to the people.
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