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Westward Expansion

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  • Louisiana Purchase

    Land deal between U.S and France. U.S got land west from the Mississippi River.
  • British Cession

    Convention respecting fisheries, boundary, and the restoration of slaves.
  • Adams-Onis

    It fixed the western boundary of the Louisiana Purchase as beginning at the mouth of the Sabine River and running along its south and west bank to the thirty-second parallel and thence directly north to the red river.
  • Texas Annexation

    U.S got contol over the future states of Texas, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Washington, and Oregon, and, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming, and Montana.
  • Mexican Cerssion

    Two countries signed the Treaty of Guadalpe. The Treaty recognized Texas as a U.S state, and ceded a large chunk of land.
  • Oregon Territory

    The southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon.
  • Gadsden Purchase

    Southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico were purchased by the United States in the a treaty.It was signed by James Gadsden.