Louisiana Purchase: The Louisiana Purchase was the largest and most extraordinary land purchase in the history of the United States. It was also the cheapest (per square mile). The transaction was between the French and the U.S.. The U.S. accepted and offered to pay $15 million. Both sides agreed, and the Louisiana Territory became American. The final transfer came in 1803.
Alaskan Purchase: On March 30, 1867, the United States agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million dollars, about two cents an acre; "Seward's Folly" many called it, after Secretary of State William H. Seward. On January 3, 1959, Alaska, with a land mass larger than Texas, California and Montana combined, became the 49th state in the union. It is a large state, 1/5 the size of all the other states together, reaching so far to the west that the International Date Line had to be bent to keep the state all in the same day. It's also the only U.S. state extending into the Eastern Hemisphere.
an Anti-imperialist is a person who is against nations taking over foreign lands to expand
The Romans.
It opened the way to settlement of the lands beyond the Appalachians.
Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer who lived in the 15th century discovered many new lands. These lands included Asia. He opened up trade routs and exposed eastern spices to continental Europe.
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Louisiana Purchase Alaskan Purchase
To expand their empire
TO expand thir lands
an Anti-imperialist is a person who is against nations taking over foreign lands to expand
by taking over other lands
opened grass lands with scattered trees.
The Romans.
opened native American lands up for settlement
populist
They wanted to expand their power in the world. -APEX
It opened the way to settlement of the lands beyond the Appalachians.
It opened the way to settlement of the lands beyond the Appalachians.