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1 Westward Expansion US Expansion

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3 Post-Revolutionary America

4 Land Acquired between 1783-1867
Louisiana Purchase Florida Texas Oregon Mexican Cession Gadsden Purchase Alaska

5 Major socio-economic trends
Westward migration Industrialization: the North Equipment produced in the North had an impact on the farming society in the South. The abolitionist movement The suffrage movement

6 The Louisiana Purchase
New territories added to the United States after 1801: Louisiana Purchase Jefferson bought land from France (the Louisiana Purchase), which doubled the size of the United States Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean

7 Lousiana Purchase

8 Louisiana Purchase (1803)

9 Land Date Acquired Acquired From How land was acquired
Louisiana Purchase (1803) France Pres. Jefferson purchased from France for $15 million Florida (1819) Spain Adams-Onis Treaty. US gave up claims to Texas Texas (1845) Independent 1836 Texas declares independence & requests admission to the union Oregon (1846) Britain Treaty that extended the 49th parallel to the Pacific Ocean Mexican Cession (1848) Mexico War with Mexico led to the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Gadsden Purchase (1853) Purchased to build a railroad Alaska (1867) Russia Purchased because Russia short of money

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11 Other Territories Florida
Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty. Texas Texas was added after it became an independent republic. Oregon The Oregon Territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain. California War with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States.

12 Manifest Destiny Belief that the United States had a mission to expand its borders from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

13 Florida 1819- Adams-Onis Treaty
Spain was weak and could not protect it Andrew Jackson defied orders and captured Spanish Forts Signed Treaty giving up rights to Florida instead of losing militarily

14 Land Date Acquired Acquired From How land was acquired
Louisiana Purchase (1803) France Pres. Jefferson purchased from France for $15 million Florida (1819) Spain Adams-Onis Treaty. $5 million US gave up claims to Texas Texas (1845) Independent 1836 Texas declares independence & requests admission to the union Oregon (1846) Britain Treaty that extended the 49th parallel to the Pacific Ocean Mexican Cession (1848) Mexico War with Mexico led to the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Gadsden Purchase (1853) Purchased to build a railroad Alaska (1867) Russia Purchased because Russia short of money

15 Land Date Acquired Acquired From How land was acquired
Louisiana Purchase (1803) France Pres. Jefferson purchased from France for $15 million Florida (1819) Spain Adams-Onis Treaty. US gave up claims to Texas Texas (1845) Independent 1836 Texas declares independence from Mexico & requests admission to the union Oregon (1846) Britain Treaty that extended the 49th parallel to the Pacific Ocean Mexican Cession (1848) Mexico War with Mexico led to the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Gadsden Purchase (1853) Purchased to build a railroad Alaska (1867) Russia Purchased because Russia short of money

16 Texas War of Independence
Americans began moving into Texas in the 1820’s and brought their slaves with them. War fought by Texans against Mexico because they believed their rights had been violated. Won by Texans in 1836 and requests to enter the U.S.

17 Land Date Acquired Acquired From How land was acquired
Louisiana Purchase (1803) France Pres. Jefferson purchased from France for $15 million Florida (1819) Spain Adams-Onis Treaty. US gave up claims to Texas Texas (1845) Independent 1836 Texas declares independence & requests admission to the union Oregon (1846) Britain Treaty that extended the 49th parallel to the Pacific Ocean Mexican Cession (1848) Mexico War with Mexico led to the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Gadsden Purchase (1853) Purchased to build a railroad Alaska (1867) Russia Purchased because Russia short of money

18 James K. Polk, Democrat President from 1845 to 1849 Responsible for adding more land then any other President Annexed Texas Oregon Territory Mexican Cession

19 Land Date Acquired Acquired From How land was acquired
Louisiana Purchase (1803) France Pres. Jefferson purchased from France for $15 million Florida (1819) Spain Adams-Onis Treaty. US gave up claims to Texas Texas (1845) Independent 1836 Texas declares independence from Mexico & requests admission to the union Oregon (1846) Britain Treaty that extended the 49th parallel to the Pacific Ocean Mexican Cession (1848) Mexico Mexican American War ends with the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Gadsden Purchase (1853) Purchased to build a railroad Alaska (1867) Russia Purchased because Russia short of money

20 Mexican War

21 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Mexico ceded the Mexican Cession to U.S. Rio Grande River boundary between U.S. and Mexico U.S. paid Mexico $15 million

22 Mexican War Causes: Manifest Destiny California Texas statehood, 1845
Mexico refusing to sell California Border dispute Effects US receives Mexican Cession Disputes over expansion of slavery will lead to the Civil War

23 Gadsden’s Purchase- 1853 Bought from Mexico for 10 Million
Wanted to build Southern Transcontinental Railroad

24 Land Acquired between 1783-1867

25 Land Date Acquired Acquired From How land was acquired
Louisiana Purchase (1803) France Pres. Jefferson purchased from France for $15 million Florida (1819) Spain Adams-Onis Treaty. US gave up claims to Texas Texas (1845) Independent 1836 Texas declares independence & requests admission to the union Oregon (1846) Britain Treaty that extended the 49th parallel to the Pacific Ocean Mexican Cession (1848) Mexico War with Mexico led to the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Gadsden Purchase (1853) Purchased to build a railroad Alaska (1867) Russia Purchased because Russia short of money

26 Alaska- Seward’s Icebox
1867 Purchased from Russia for 7 Million Heavily Criticized Purchased for Defensive and Strategic reasons Keep out of British hands Gold and Oil Seward’s Day Secretary of State William Seward

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