Title: Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny – Legends of America
Headings: Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny
Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny
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“Westward, ever westward.” — Henry Wells

Content: In the 1840s and 1850s, the nation expanded quickly and in the span of just five years, the United States increased its size by a third. It annexed Texas; negotiated with Britain for half of the Oregon country; and acquired more as a result of a war with Mexico as noted in this timeline: In 1845, the United States annexed Texas. In 1846 the Oregon Treaty ended British claims to Oregon Territory. In 1848, following the Mexican-American War, Mexico ceded much of the West and Southwest to the United States. This included what would become the states of California, Nevada, Utah, parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming. In 1853 the United States bought an additional tract of land from Mexico. To California during the gold rush.