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Show UNITED STATES MIGHT GAIN MORE TERRITORY Since ITS", when Great Rritaln ac-knowledce,) ac-knowledce,) the independence of the Un,ted Stales. coerfng an area extending ex-tending to the Mississippi river, the following extensions of territory have occurred 1803 Napoleon sold us the Louisiana Louisi-ana Purchase for f 15.000,000 This land extended to the Rio Grande river riv-er and the Rocky mountains Area about 0,f00 square miles 1819 Spain vielded up Florida, being be-ing unable to hold and police it. We assumed $6,000,000 American claims against Spain. We renounced Texas and secured Oregun 1845 We annexed the Republic of Texas and the Mexican war The dispute was over land between the Nueces and Rio Grande 1818 As a result of the Mexican war (1846-1848) we received California, Cali-fornia, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Ltah We paid Mexico $13,000,000. Polk wanted to take all of Mexico, but Secretar. of State Buchanan fear, ed northern sentiment. 1840 England and United States dnided the Oregon country at latitude 49 degrees 1S53 Mexico sold us a strip along southern Arizona for $10,000,000. The line should have included the head or the Gulf of California: or, indeed, all o'' Lower California 1867 Russia granted us Alaska, for $7,200,000. 1898 We annexed the republic of Hawaii. The Spanish-American war secured for us the Philippines. Porlo I Rico, Guam We exercise a irtual I protectorate over Cuba, also San Domingo i99 Britain. Germany and United States parceled out the Samoan Islands; Isl-ands; we secured the island with the llnest harbor. 1904 Roosevelt secured Panama strip, ten miles wide This Is American Amer-ican soli, and contains Panama canal. Now, if the troops of the United States cross the border and proceed to the City of Mexico, resolved to command respect for America and Americans, the next annexation will Ibe south to Central America, and c eventually the boundary line will be pushed still further south to Include the canal zone or |