37 Cards in this Set
| After the Louisiana Purchase, the United States’ largest land acquisition resulted from which of the following? | the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty |
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| In which U.S. territory were the people given the option to choose whether or not they would allow slavery? | the Utah Territory |
What method did the United States use to gain territory?
The United States has acquired new island territories through cession, purchase, and occupation, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs.
What territories were acquired by the United States during this time period quizlet?
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- American Samoa. -1899. -Treaty of Berlin.
- Guam. -1898. -Treaty of Paris 1898 following Spanish American War.
- Northern Mariana Islands. -1944.
- Puerto Rico. -1898.
- U.S. Virgin Islands. -1917.
- Baker Island. -1857.
- Howland Island. -1857.
- Jarvis Island. -1857.
What was the name of the short lived republic in Texas established by the long expedition?
the Republic of Texas
The Long Expedition was an 1819 attempt to take control of Spanish Texas by filibusters. It was led by James Long and successfully established a small independent government, known as the Republic of Texas (distinct from the later Republic of Texas created by the Texas Revolution).
What were three ways America gained territory?
Name three ways the United States acquired land. Annexation, war, expansion.
What territories did the US gain during Manifest Destiny?
With its triumph in the Mexican-American War, the United States seemingly realized its Manifest Destiny by gaining an immense domain (more than 525,000 square miles [1,360,000 square km] of land), including present-day Arizona, California, western Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah.
What territories did the US gain during imperialism?
The United States acquired a bunch of territories – Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico. How much of this military action was sold as saving the people in these colonies from Spanish oppression and how much because we just wanted to have overseas possessions? IMMERWAHR: It’s a little bit of both.
What territories did the US win from Spain?
U.S. victory in the war produced a peace treaty that compelled the Spanish to relinquish claims on Cuba, and to cede sovereignty over Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States. The United States also annexed the independent state of Hawaii during the conflict.
What was the earliest territory acquired?
Louisiana Purchase
United States territorial acquisitions table
| Accession | Date | Area (sq.mi.) |
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| Louisiana Purchase, from France | 1803 | 827,987 |
| Florida (East and West), purchased from Spain | 1819 | 72,101 |
| Texas annexation | 1845 | 389,166 |
| Oregon Territory, by treaty with Great Britain | 1846 | 286,541 |
Which area did the United States acquire in 1846 after negotiations with Great Britain?
In 1846 Britain and the United States signed the Oregon Treaty, extending the international border between the U.S. and what would become Canada along the 49th parallel to the Strait of Georgia, and then out the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Which territory did the United States gain as a result of the Adams Onis Treaty?
Minister Onís and Secretary Adams reached an agreement whereby Spain ceded East Florida to the United States and renounced all claim to West Florida.
When Texas joined the United States in 1845 Texas was a Mexican state a US territory a Spanish colony an independent nation?
Overview. Texas was annexed by the United States in 1845 and became the 28th state. Until 1836, Texas had been part of Mexico, but in that year a group of settlers from the United States who lived in Mexican Texas declared independence.
What countries recognized the Republic of Texas?
France, Belgium, and the Netherlands were the only three European nations to fully and officially recognize Texas as a sovereign nation.
What countries are U.S. territory?
Currently, the United States has five major U.S. territories: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each such territory is partially self-governing that exists under the authority of the U.S. government.
Where are U.S. territories?
The U.S. has five permanently inhabited territories: Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in the North Pacific Ocean, and American Samoa in the South Pacific Ocean.
What territory did the U.S. gain from Mexico?
By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including parts of present-day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, to the United States. Mexico relinquished all claims to Texas, and recognized the Rio Grande as the southern boundary with the United States.
Who is Oregon Territory?
The Oregon Territory stretched from the Pacific coast to the Rocky Mountains, encompassing the area including present-day Oregon, Washington, and most of British Columbia. Originally Spain, Great Britain, Russia, and the United States claimed the territory.
What was the United States Manifest Destiny?
Manifest Destiny, a phrase coined in 1845, is the idea that the United States is destined—by God, its advocates believed—to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent.
What did Americans want that Manifest Destiny would give them?
Manifest Destiny is to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us. What did Americans want that Manifest Destiny would give them? The Americans wanted to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific Ocean and the Manifest Destiny would make that possible.
What was a territory called when an imperial power?
Protectorate. Territory called when an imperial power allowed local rulers to stay in control.
Why did the United States want Guam?
When the Spanish-American War broke out in April of 1898, Guam was under Spanish control (as it had been since the 1600s). The U.S. was actually more interested in conquering the Spanish Philippines, but it figured it needed to take Guam to secure the larger territory.
