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U.S. Territories
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The original states of the United States | 13 original colonies, 1776 |
| How were the 13 original colonies obtained? | American Revolution and Treaty of Paris 1783 |
| land located between the 13 original colonies and the Mississippi river | Addition of 1783 |
| Who had posession of the 13 colonies before the US? | Britain |
| How did the United States obtain the Addition of 1783? | American Revolution and Treaty of Paris 1783 |
| Who had posession of the Adiition of 1783 before the US? | Britain |
| Land that stretches from Louisiana to Montana | Louisiana Purchase, 1803 |
| How was the Louisiana Purchase obtained? | Purchased it for $15 million |
| Who had posession of the Lousiana Purchase before the US? | France |
| A treaty with England established the United State's Northern border at the 49th parallel | Red River Cession, 1818 |
| What treaty established the United state's Northern border? | Rush-Bagot Treaty |
| A treaty with spain that gave the United States southeastern lands. U.S. gave up it's land claims to Texas | Florida Cession, 1819 |
| How did the United States obtain the Florida Cession? | Adams- Onis Treaty and purchased it for $5 million |
| Who had posession of the Florida Cession before the US? | Spain |
| Nine years after Texas gained independence the United States accepted it as a state | Texas Annexation, 1845 |
| How did the US obtain the Texas Annexation? | Annexed by Congress |
| Who had posession of the Texas Annexation before the US? | Mexico and Texas |
| Northwest United States including the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming | Oregon Country, 1846 |
| How did the US obtain the Oregon Country? | Treaty with Britain |
| Who had posession fo the Oregon Country before the US? | the United States and Britain |
| Southwest United States including California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Montana | Mexian Cession, 1848 |
| How did the US obtain the Mexican Cession? | Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago and purchased it for $15 million |
| Who had possesion of the Mexican Cession before the US? | Mexico |
| Southern portion of the states of Arizona and New Mexico | Gadsden Purchase, 1853 |
| How did the US obtain the Gadsden Prchase? | purchased it for $10 million |
| Who had possession of the Gadsden Purchase before the US? | Mexico |
| Why did the US buy the Gadsden Purchase? | To build a railroad stragiht across the south |
| land located northwest of Canada | Alaska Purchase, 1867 |
| How did the US obtain the Alaska Purchase? | purchased it for $7.2 million |
| Who had posession of the Alaska Purchase before the US? | Russia |
| Why did the US buy the Alaska Purchase? | as a military base |
| islands located in the Pacific Ocean | Hawaii Annexation, 1898 |
| Why did the US annex Hawaii? | for farmland, production of sugarcane |
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