wk7 Flashcards
annexation
to add a territory to owns territory
manifest destiny
idea popular im the u.s during 1800s that the country must expand its bounderies to the pacific
treaty of guadalupe hidalgo
treaty signed between the u.s and mexican war.mexico gave up all claims to texas amd ageed to the rio grande as the border between tx and mex
mexican cession
mexico gave up its provinces of cali and new mextp the u.s in return the u.s gave mexico 1.5 dollars
gadsden purchase
1853 the u.s paid mexico an addition $10dollars for a strip land along the sourhern edge of the present day states of arizona and new mexico with the purchase the u.s reched its present size
oregon territory
land claimed by both the u.s and england this wasout going dispute until treaty of 1846 which set the boundry at the 49th parrell where it is today