USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -They all increased the territory of the United States. They all resulted in territory being taken from the United States. They all involved land forcibly taken from Mexico.

Detailed explanation-2: -Louisiana Purchase and Manifest Destiny: The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was a territorial acquisition by the United States. Manifest Destiny was the belief that the United States had the right to expand across North America to the Pacific Ocean.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gadsden’s Purchase provided the land necessary for a southern transcontinental railroad and attempted to resolve conflicts that lingered after the Mexican-American War.

Detailed explanation-4: -In late April 1803, with the stroke of a pen and the exchange of just $15 million, the United States nearly doubled in size. With the Louisiana Purchase, the U.S. acquired nearly 827, 000 square miles of French-held land for just four cents an acre.

Detailed explanation-5: -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. For roughly 4 cents an acre, the United States doubled its size, expanding the nation westward.