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In 1803, French emperor Napoleon offered to sell Louisiana to the USA. President Thomas Jefferson was in favor of the idea but found very little support in Congress for the purchase. Many Senators called it unconstitutional.

Had Napoleon been able to sell Louisiana, he would have had the money to build up France's military and confront the British.

What if Louisiana was purchased by the Americans and became a state? Would it have joined the Confederacy in 1861? Would its Catholic and French speaking population support such a move?

And if Louisiana was a US state, would the American government do a better job in evacuating New Orleans just before Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005?
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