Title: Six Territorial Gains in the US in the 1800s | Synonym
Headings: Six Territorial Gains in the US in the 1800s
Six Territorial Gains in the US in the 1800s
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1 Louisiana Purchase
2 Texas and Florida
3 Oregon Territory
4 Half of Mexico
5 Alaska
6 Hawaii, the Philippines and Puerto Rico

Content: calling for a border at 54 degrees, 40 minutes north latitude. The 1846 Treaty of Washington set the border at the 49th parallel, but ceded all of Vancouver Island to Britain. The acquisition gave the U.S. valuable grazing and farm land, mineral reserves and coastal ports. 4 Half of Mexico
In the Mexican Cession, a result of the Mexican-American War, Mexico ceded more than 520,000 square miles to the United States. It was almost half of Mexico’s North American possessions and included modern-day California, Nevada and Utah, and parts of Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. In the Gadsden Purchase of 1854, the U.S acquired more than 29,000 square miles that completed present-day New Mexico and Arizona. 5 Alaska
The United States purchased the 591,000-squale-mile Alaska Territory in 1867 from Russia for $7.2 million. The sale put an end to Russian trade and settlement expansion on the North American continent and began American’s rise as a trading power in the Pacific region. It also provided the U.S. with fishing, ports and mineral resources. 6 Hawaii, the Philippines and Puerto Rico
1898 was a banner year for American land acquisition with the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands and, at the end of the Spanish-American War, the purchase of the Philippine Islands and the annexation of Puerto Rico.