US Territorial Acquisitions
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- Q1from Great Britain by Treaty of Paris - 1783 after American Revolution
Florida Cession
Gadsden Purchase
Original USAMexican Cession
30s - Q2bought from France in 1803
Gadsden Purchase
Mexican Cession
Louisiana PurchaseConvention of 1818
30s - Q3from Spain by Adams-Onís Treaty
Mexican Cession
Florida CessionMexican Cession
Texas Annexation
30s - Q4by treaty with Great Britain, 49th parallel used as border between British Canada and US from Great Lakes to Oregon TerritoryConvention of 1818
Louisiana Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
Florida Cession
30s - Q5through annexation
Mexican Cession
TexasOregon
Florida
30s - Q6this territory was divided with the British by continuing the 49th parallel boundaryOregon Territory
Mexican Cession
Florida Cession
Original USA
30s - Q7from Mexico through Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo following Mexican-American War
Louisiana Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
Mexican CessionTexas
30s - Q8bought from Mexico for building of transcontinental railroad; last territory of continental US
Louisiana Purchase
Gadsden PurchaseOregon Territory
Mexican Cession
30s - Q9the belief that the United States was meant to stretch across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean; the phrase meant that westward expansion was not only good but was inevitable
This Land is Our Land
Come and Take It
Manifest DestinyWhatever It Takes
30s - Q10POTUS #11; campaigned on the promise of Manifest Destiny and achieved it while presidentJames K. Polk
William Henry Harrison
Zachary Taylor
John Tyler
30s - Q11officially ended the Mexican-American War; recognized Texas as part of the US and established the Rio Grande as the border between the two nations; US received the Mexican Cession and Mexico received $15 million
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Guadalupe-HidalgoTreaty of Versailles
30s - Q12original western boundary of the USA established in the Treaty of Paris following the American Revolution
Hudson River
Rio Grande
Mississippi RiverMissouri River
30s - Q13forms part Southern border between US and Mexico; disputes over this border led to war with Mexico
Missouri River
Rio GrandeMississippi River
Red River
30s - Q14
Louisiana Purchase
C
A
B
D
30s - Q15
Gadsden Purchase
A
D
B
C
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