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Louisiana Purchase
*DAY AND MONTH ARE RANDOM The Louisiana Purchase was 530 million acres of territory in North America that the United States purchased from France for $15 million. Napoleon's plans to revive France in the New World eventually failed when he sold Louisiana to the USA. -
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Louis and Clark Expedition
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Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's Corps of Discovery to find a water route to the Pacific and explore the uncharted West. They expected to find wooly mammoths and volcanoes, but what they really found was no less mind boggling. -
Florida Acquisition
*DAY AND MONTH ARE RANDOM John Quincy Adams presented Spain with a demand to either control the people in East Florida, or cede it to the US. Minister Onís and Secretary Adams reached an agreement whereby Spain ceded East Florida to the US, but renounced all claim to West Florida. -
Texas Annexation
*DAY AND MONTH ARE RANDOM It was acquired by fighting and capturing Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. One of the most famous battles that occured during this was the Alamo in which the Texans were defeated and many soldiers died. -
Acquisition of Oregon Country
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Mexican Cession
*DAY AND MONTH ARE RANDOM To acquire this the US had to fight wars with Mexico and sign a treaty. -
Gadsden Purchase
*DAY AND MONTH ARE RANDOM This was acquired by fighting wars with Mexico and signing a treaty.
