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What territories did America acquire during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
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In the late 19th and early 20th centuries America was expanding as it became a global power. America acquired California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah from the war with Mexico in 1848. In 1845 the US annexed Texas and in 1853 purchased the Gadsden Purchase. Overseas America gained Alaska from Russia in 1867, also known as Seward's Folly. President Roosevelt took control over the Panama Canal Zone in 1903 to connect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Later America would acquire the Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico.
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