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6-1: Territorial Expansion Louisiana Purchase- France wanted to sell it to the U.S. for $15 million. The Louisiana Territory would double the size of the U.S. and give us control over the Mississippi River Controversial Issue- no place in the Constitution allowed the president to buy the land

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6-1: Territorial Expansion Louisiana Purchase- France wanted to sell

it to the U.S. for $15 million. The Louisiana Territory would double the

size of the U.S. and give us control over the Mississippi River

Controversial Issue- no place in the Constitution allowed the president to buy the land

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U.S. Territory-1800

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Louisiana Purchase

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Jefferson changed his views from strict constructionist to loose b/c it benefited the country

U.S. acquired the land and sent out the Lewis & Clark Expedition

Frontier- name give to the unsettled territories out west. Closed in 1890

Manifest Destiny- desire to control all of the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Led to U.S. expansionism for the rest of the 1800s

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Texas Annexation Texas territory was controlled by Mexico

but many of the inhabitants were Americans who owned slave

1836 Texas wins its independence and is a free country from 1836-1845

Texas is peacefully annexed (taken over) by the U.S. in 1845 by Pres. Tyler

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Annexation of Texas

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Mexican American War 1846-48

Mexico was upset by losing Texas and Americans wanted to fulfill their Manifest Destiny desire

Pres. James K. Polk was an expansionist and went to war with Mexico

U.S. wins the war and pays $15 million for the Mexican Cession.

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Mexican Cession

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Gold Rush 1848 Gold was discovered at Sutters Mill in

California which led to the Gold Rush of 1849.

Thousands of Americans and Asians begin to flock to California

Gadsden Purchase- U.S. paid $10 million for small strip of land along Mexico for a Southern Transcontinental RR

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California Gold Rush

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Gadsden Purchase

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Oregon Territory U.S. and GB had shared the territory 1840s both countries claim to own more

land than the other “54-40 or Fight”- became a battle cry to go

to war over the area 1846 Settle set a dividing line along the 49th

Parallel

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Oregon Dispute

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Alaska (1867), Florida (1819) and Hawaii (1898)

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United States Today

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U.S. Expansionism U.S. drastically increased its size during the

1800s U.S. acquired territory through treaties,

purchases, annexation and war

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