Treaties and Purchases

This deal with France doubled the size of the USA and gave us new states as well as control of the Mississippi River BUT also allowed slavery to spread and raised questions about the president's power

• Gadsden Purchase

• Adams Onis Treaty

• Louisiana Purchase

• Alaskan Purchase

Russian sold this land to the USA for a cool 7.2 million. While people initially thought this to be a waste of money, many valuable resources such as gold and lumber were found on this large land mass

• Gadsden Purchase

• Adams Onis Treaty

• Louisiana Purchase

• Alaskan Purchase

While this deal did cost a large amount of money for a small piece of land, it was crucial in connecting the Trans Atlantic Railroad. Without this purchase, supplies and people could not travel as efficiently from coast to coast

• Gadsden Purchase

• Adams Onis Treaty

• Louisiana Purchase

• Alaskan Purchase

This treaty settled a border dispute between Spain and the US, giving the US Florida and some of Alabama.

• Gadsden Purchase

• Adams Onis Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Alaskan Purchase

This treaty gave the US 7 new states from Mexico but came at a high cost of human life

• Gadsden Purchase

• Adams Onis Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Alaskan Purchase

This peaceful treaty settled a border dispute between Great Britain and the US over Canada, giving us valuable new resources like fur, timber and rich land.

• Oregon Treaty

• Adams Onis Treaty

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Alaskan Purchase