MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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expanding westward to the Pacific Ocean
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Acquiring land for a southwestern railroad
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reserving western territory for the Native Americans
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securing the southern border of the country
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a result of the Oregon Treaty, the United States achieved its goal of? expanding westward to the Pacific Ocean. acquiring land for a southwestern railroad.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Oregon Territory, 1846 Originally Spain, Great Britain, Russia, and the United States claimed the territory. In 1819, under terms of the Transcontinental Treaty, Spain ceded its claims to the territory to the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Westward expansion began in earnest in 1803. Thomas Jefferson negotiated a treaty with France in which the United States paid France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory – 828, 000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River – effectively doubling the size of the young nation.
Detailed explanation-4: -Citizens wanted that land to be theirs. The land was optimal for farming and had plenty of space to spread out from the over populated cities. U.S. Congressional Map on states that had formed from the Oregon Treaty.
Detailed explanation-5: -The United States and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Oregon on June 15, 1846, ending 28 years of joint occupancy of the Pacific Northwest. The treaty established the 49th parallel as the border between the two countries.