A result of the Louisiana Purchase was that it increased the land available for American settlement.
it made the United States three times larger.
it increased the land available for European settlement.
it put the Northwest Passage under US control.

How did european exploration and expansion cause the african slave trade to expand? a. european explorers discovered the slave trade and expanded it across the indian ocean into south asia. b. arab armies captured european explorers and forced them into slavery. c. european traders shipped enslaved africans to work on plantations in european colonies in the americas. d.european explorers captured african people and forced them to work on their ships.