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Westward Expansion
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Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and it nearly doubled the U.S. They bought it only for 15 million dollars. -
British Cession
It was a treaty between the U.S. and the United Kingdom. It allowed joint occupationa and settlement of the Oregon Country. -
Adams-Onis
This was a treaty between the U.S. and Spain. It gave the U.S. west Flordia and set out a boundary between the U.S. and New Spain (now Mexico). -
Texas Annexation
President Polk pursaded Texas to become a state. So Texas became a state. -
Mexican Cession
Mexico ceded to the U.S. present day California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizon, about half of New Mexico, a quarter of Colorado, and a little section of Wyoming. -
Gadsden Purchase
The purchase included lands south of the Gila River and west of the Rio Grande. The U.S. bought it from Mexico and it got its name from the American ambassador of Mexico, James Gadsden. -
Oregon Territory
U.S. got more land from Britain. They got the current states Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of Wyoming and Montana.
