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the loisiana purchase was a large purchase of land, sold bt france to america. It was sold to america because france wanted to cut its losses in the new world.
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spain seceded Florida to america. They seceded because america was showing no tolerance for the hostile Floridian pirates and Natives
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we aquired the territory of Origon through the origon treaty wich we forced britian into by using military threats.
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was official when the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was sighned, it was a peace treaty to end the war.
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Texas was admitted into the united states as the 28th state.
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the gadsen purchase was an expensive purchase made by America so that they could have a well defined border and control over the rail roads.
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the trans continental rail road was the first rail road to go accross the nation.