This documentary from 2007 explores the environment leading up to the Louisiana Purchase and the complex conditions it created for America as it struggled to become a burgeoning world power. It covers: the importance of the Mississippi River; Napoleon Bonaparte’s decision to sell the Louisiana territory; the signing of the Louisiana Purchase; the Lewis and Clark Expedition; the Battle of New Orleans; the forced relocation of Native Americans; slavery; the American Civil War; and westward expansion.
16 мар 2020
