Westward Expansion

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    Westward Expansion

  • Lousiana Purchase

    Lousiana Purchase

    TheUnited States acquired France's territory. Including the current day states of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska; parts of Minnesota that were west of the Mississippi River; parts of North Dakota; some of South Dakota; northeastern New Mexico; northern Texas; parts of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide; Louisiana; and small portions of land in Canada.
  • British Cession

    British Cession

    This was known as the Treaty of 1818. The United States gained parts of land in the Northwestern parts of Minnisota and the Northeasten parts of North Dakota.
  • Adams-Onis

    Adams-Onis

    This was a treaty (also known as The Transcontinental Treaty or the Purchase of Florida, Florida Treaty,or the Treaty of 1819) that gave West Florida to the U.S. and set out a boundary between the U.S. and Mexico.
  • Texas Annexation

    Texas Annexation

    The United States annexed Texas and parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas.
  • Oregon Territory

    Oregon Territory

    The United States got an area that included modern-day states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, also parts of Wyoming and Montana.
  • Mexican Cession

    Mexican Cession

    The United States got California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Utah, Arizona, and Colorado.
  • Gadsden Purchase

    Gadsden Purchase

    The United States signed a treaty receiving southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.