USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

MANIFEST DESTINY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Land Acquisition in order by size
A
Mexican Cession, Louisiana Purchase, Texas, Oregon Territory, Treaty with Britain 1846, Florida, Gadsden Purchase
B
Gadsden Purchase, Louisiana Purchase, Mexican Cession, Texas, Oregon Territory, Treaty with Britain 1846, Florida, Gadsden Purchase
C
Louisiana Purchase, Mexican Cession, Texas, Oregon Territory, Treaty with Britain 1846, Florida, Gadsden Purchase
D
Louisiana Purchase, Texas, Mexican Cession, Oregon Territory, Treaty with Britain 1846, Florida, Gadsden Purchase
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Louisiana Purchase has been described as the greatest real estate deal in history. In 1803 the United States paid France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory–828, 000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River.

Detailed explanation-2: -In this transaction with France, signed on April 30, 1803, the United States purchased 828, 000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.

Detailed explanation-3: -The country’s first and largest territorial acquisition was the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 for $10 million; it nearly doubled the landmass of the original 13 states.

Detailed explanation-4: -By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including the present-day states California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming.

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