Florida Purchase - purchased from Spain for $5 million dollars, Louisiana Purchase - purchased from France for $15 million dollars, 1803 - year the Louisiana Purchase occurred, Manifest destiny - belief that the U.S. was supposed to control all of the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, Texas Annexation - Texas became a state in 1845, U.S.-Mexico War - conflict between Mexico and U.S. over a border disupute, Causes of U.S.-Mexico War - Texas became a state, manifest destiny, border dispute, Effects of U.S.-Mexico War - U.S. achieves manifest destiny, Oregon Country - jointly occupied by the U.S. & Great Britain until 1846 when everything below the 49th parallel became part of the U.S., Mexican Cession - land obtained by the U.S. as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo which includes present-day California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - officially ended the U.S.-Mexico War, U.S. received the Mexican Cession; Rio Grande established as boundary of Texas & Mexico, Gadsden Purchase - purchased from Mexico for $10 million dollars to build a transcontinental railroad, Northwest Territory - land obtained by the U.S. as a result of the Treaty of Paris 1783, James Polk - president of the U.S. who was a big believer in Manifest Destiny, Mormons - due to their religious beliefs they were forced to move and relocated near Great Salt Lake in Utah,

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