Week 7 Flashcards
Annexation
To add a territory to ones own territory
Manifest destiny
Idea popular int the United States during the 1800s that the country must expand its boundaries to the pacific
Treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo
Treaty signed between the U.S. And Mexico to end the U.S. Mexican war Mexico gave up all claims to Texas and agreed to the rio granda as the border between Texas and Mexico
Mexican cession
Mexico gave up its province of California and New Mexico to the U.S. In return the U.S. Gave Mexico 15 million dollars
Gadsden purchase
In 1853 the U.S. Paid Mexico and additional 10 million dollars for a strip of land along the southern edge of the present day states of Arizona and New Mexico with the Gadsden purchase the U.S. Mainland reached its present size
Oregon territory
Land claimed by both the United States and Great Britain this was an ongoing dispute until the treaty of 1846 which set the boundary at the 49th parallel where it is today