The Louisiana Purchase: Would You Close the Deal?

In the early 1800s, the United States wanted to gain control of the port of New Orleans. President Thomas Jefferson sent Robert Livingston and James Monroe to make the deal. At first, French dictator Napoleon Bonaparte stood in the way. But after some work by Livingston and Monroe, Napoleon offered to sell them not just New Orleans, but the whole Louisiana Territory? The land would double the size of the United States. Would you buy the territory? You have a chance to change American history. What would YOU do?