The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War (1846-48). The treaty called for the U.S. to pay $15 million to Mexico. The treaty acknowledged Texas as part of the United States. It set the Rio Grande as a Mexico-Texas border. The U.S. also received California and a large portion of New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado.
In the early 1800s President Thomas Jefferson bought the Lousianna Purchase from France, which doubled the United States for only 15 million dollars.
The Louisiana Purchase April 1803, served to double the size of the United States. The purchase consisting of approximately 828,000 Square miles includes land which forms or is a part of no less than 15 present States of the United States.
The united states doubled in size with the what, acquiring land that streched from the mississippi river to the rocky mountains?
It doubled the size of the United States.
It doubled the size of the United States.
The United States was small in land when it was first formed. However, that all changed in 1803 when the Louisiana Purchase nearly doubled the country in size.
Purchase of land has consistently increased the size of the United States. In particular, the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 doubled the total territory of the United States.
Acquisition of land for the right of way for a possible southern route for the Transcontinental Railroad.
For the young nation of the United States, the impact of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 was that the country's land mass was nearly doubled. This helped this nation expand its territories for a growing population.
we got the louisiana territory from france (Napoleon sold it to Lincoln).
It affected our money and land. It affected our people. doubled the size of the United States Caused people to lose rights
For starters, It doubled the size of the United States at the time, and it provided more land. He was already about to send out Lewis and Clark on their expedition, and this was a benefit, because they now owned the land. Also, It gave them the land Napolean and other French might use and had planned on using to attack the US. Hope this helps.
It is a state within the United States of America. The 18th state of the union, which resembles the shapes of a boot. It originally was purchased in 1803 from France as part of a large land acquisition called the Louisiana Purchase. The territory doubled the size of the United States and the study of the new land prompted the Journey of Discovery by Lewis and Clark in 1804-06. Today, the Southern state's French culture is still evident -- from its legal system to blend of food that incorporates other cultures. It's largest city is New Orleans on the Gulf of Mexico.