<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKwa mujibu wa taarifa ya gazeti la The New York Times, mkataba huo ulifikia kupanua eneo la Marekani mara mbili, na kwa kiasi kikubwa zaidi kuliko eneo la Marekani, na kwa kiasi kikubwa zaidi kuliko eneo la Marekani.  <response>: It was a controversial amount at the time more than the US Treasury owned but the Louisiana Purchase, as it became known, covered land from Canada to the Rockies to the Gulf of Mexico, and almost doubled the area of the United States. 