Florida Purchase 1819 - purchased from Spain for $5 million dollars, Louisiana Purchase - purchased from France. Doubled the size of the U.S. and gave us access to the Mississippi River., 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 1846-1848 - conflict between Mexico and U.S. over a border dispute, Causes of U.S.-Mexico War - Texas became a state, manifest destiny, border dispute, Effects of U.S.-Mexico War - U.S. gains the Mexican Cession. Tensions over the expansion of slavery continue., Oregon Territory 1846 - Manifest Destiny achieved. Treaty between the U.S. & Great Britain. Everything below the 49th parallel became part of the U.S., Mexican Cession 1848 - land obtained by the U.S. as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo which includes present-day California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 - officially ended the U.S.-Mexico War, U.S. received the Mexican Cession; Rio Grande established as boundary of Texas & Mexico, Gadsden Purchase 1853 - 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, Gold Rush - Discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill led to the massive migration of people to California in 1849, Northwest Ordinance 1787 - law that created an orderly way for territories to become states, Factors Causing Westward Expansion - cheap land, new trade opportunities, rapid population growth, economic crisis, Lewis and Clark Expedition - trip that lead to the discovery of new wildlife and geography of North America.,

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