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US History concept chart major concepts & themes across US History: Difference between revisions
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** cost was $10 million and motive for Mexico to sell it was likely to get the money before the Americans fully populated and/or seized it | ** cost was $10 million and motive for Mexico to sell it was likely to get the money before the Americans fully populated and/or seized it | ||
** US was motivated by railroad route through the region | ** US was motivated by railroad route through the region | ||
[[File:Territorial-acquisition-uscensus-bureau.jpg|thumb|Census Bureau map depicting territorial acquisitions and dates of statehood, probably created in the 1970s]] | |||
* 1867 '''Alaska Purchase''' from Russia for $7.2 million | * 1867 '''Alaska Purchase''' from Russia for $7.2 million | ||
** Russian motives: | ** Russian motives: | ||
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* Oklahoma | * Oklahoma | ||
* Dakotas | * Dakotas | ||
=== Pacific Island and other acquisitions === | === Pacific Island and other acquisitions === | ||
* 1856 '''Guano Islands Act''' | * 1856 '''Guano Islands Act''' | ||