answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Texas- (annexed by congress in 1845

Oregon- (treaty with Great Britain in 1846)

California/Southwest (gadsden purchase)

Arizona/ New Mexico

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

It was either fought for, bought, or stolen. In some cases, all three.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

they had a war

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: How was land acquired by the United States in the period of manifest destiny?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Who did manifest destiny affect?

The United States. manifest destiny was the idea the United States should spread from coast to coast


Who liked manifest destiny?

the colonist if the united states.


How did the manifest destiny affect the annexation Texas?

Manifest destiny led to Texas becoming a part of the United States and lead to a war with Mexico.


How did the Louisiana Purchase helped the Manifest Destiny?

It doubled the size of the United States.


the belief that united states had a mission to expand westward was called?

Manifest Destiny


What general idea led to the United States Westward expansion?

Manifest Destiny


Manifest Destiny was the .?

The Manifest Destiny was an idea made popular in the 1800's by John Louis O'Sullivan that the United States must expand its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean. Answer: The idea that the United States must expand westward


What does manifest destiny meen?

Manifest Destiny was the belief of the United States government that the USA should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. It was a westward expansion movement.


Belief that the United States should extend across the continent?

Manifest Destiny jiijiji


The primary goal of manifest destiny was the?

expansion of the united states westward to the pacific ocean


What was the belief that the United States reached from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean?

manifest destiny


What excuses did the United States use in their effort to justifyits imperialistic motives?

manifest destiny