Westward ExpansionUSI.8a
Land Acquisitions
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New Territories Added to the United New Territories Added to the United States after 1801States after 1801
Louisiana Purchase~1801Florida~1819Texas~1845
Oregon~1846California~1849
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The Louisiana Purchase~1801
• Thomas Jefferson bought the land from France (Napoleon Bonaparte).
• The purchase doubled the size of the United States.
• Lewis and Clark explored the land from the Mississippi River (St. Louis) to the Pacific Ocean (Columbia River).
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Florida~1819
• Spain gave Florida to the United States through the Adams-Onis Treaty in 1819.
• Adams (Secretary of State for the United States) and Onis (The Spanish dignitary)
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TEXAS~The Lone Star
State• Texas entered into
the United States in 1845 after Texas declares its independence from Mexico in 1835.
Why do you think it is nicknamed the Lone Star
State?
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The Oregon Territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain, through a treaty.
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Democratic candidate James K. Polk took an extreme
view by advocating the placement of the border at 54º
40' north latitude. Expansionists chanted, "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" After the election, Polk put the British
on notice that joint occupation would not be extended, but
quietly entered into diplomatic discussions.
In June 1846, the Treaty of Washington was signed between Britain and the
United States.
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California~1850
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California~1850• California was part of the Mexican
Cession that the United States received in 1846.
• California became a state in 1850 after gold was found there in 1849 (San Francisco 49ers) as a part of the Compromise of 1850.
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