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Louisiana Purchase
President Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French government for $15 million. -
Period: to
Jasper Francis Cropsey
The painter of The Backwoods of America -
Period: to
Frederic Edwin Church
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40 percent of the nation's population lived in the West
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Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo
Added more than 1 million square miles to the U.S. -
Home by the Lake
By: Frederic Edwin Church -
Gadsden Purchase
Added about 30,000 square miles of territory to the U.S. -
The Backwoods of America
By: Jasper Francis Cropsey -
Period: to
Frederic Remington
Painter of Cowpuncher's Lullaby -
Cowpuncher's Lullaby
By: Frederic Remington
