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- 1 Which president was responsible for the territorial acquisitions?
- 2 What was the United States first overseas territory?
- 3 What was the last territory acquired by the US?
- 4 What territory did the US gain from France?
- 5 Who was president when the US acquired the Alaska Purchase?
- 6 When did the United States take over the Pacific Islands?
Which president was responsible for the territorial acquisitions?
The Annexation of Texas, the Mexican-American War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1845–1848. During his tenure, U.S. President James K. Polk oversaw the greatest territorial expansion of the United States to date.
What was the United States first overseas territory?
the Northwest and Southwest territories
Many organized, incorporated territories existed from 1789 to 1959. The first were the Northwest and Southwest territories and the last were the Alaska and Hawaii territories.
In what order did the United States acquire the following territories?
United States territorial acquisitions table
| Accession | Date | Area (sq.km.) |
|---|---|---|
| Florida (East and West), purchased from Spain | 1819 | 186,740 |
| Texas annexation | 1845 | 1,007,935 |
| Oregon Territory, by treaty with Great Britain | 1846 | 742,137 |
| Mexican Cession, from Mexico | 1848 | 1,370,593 |
Which President acquired the most territory in the history of the United States?
James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States of America (1845-1849). As President he oversaw the largest territorial expansion in American history— over a million square miles of land—acquired through a treaty with England and war with Mexico.
What was the last territory acquired by the US?
Alaska
Alaska, the last major acquisition in North America, was purchased from Russia in 1867.
What territory did the US gain from France?
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase encompassed 530,000,000 acres of territory in North America that the United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million.
Why did America begin acquiring colonies in the 1880s?
The primary reason the U.S. expanded its influence in foreign countries: Economic reasons – industrialization in the late 1800s increased the need to trade with other countries.
Who was president when the US acquired the US Virgin Islands?
Woodrow Wilson—President when the U.S. acquired the U.S. Virgin Islands in a purchase from the Kingdom of Denmark in 1917. Harry S. Truman—President when the U.S. gained control of many Pacific islands under U.N. auspices after World War II.
Who was president when the US acquired the Alaska Purchase?
Andrew Johnson—President when the United States concluded the Alaska Purchase with Russia in 1867. William McKinley—President when the United States acquired the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam from Spain following the Spanish-American War.
When did the United States take over the Pacific Islands?
They were administered by Japan as a League of Nations mandate until the islands were conquered by the United States during World War II. They became part of the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) in 1947, administered by the United States as U.N. trustee.
What territories did the United States claim after WW1?
By the time the ink dried on the Treaty of Paris ending the war, the United States had staked claim to Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Samoa, and a handful of other Pacific islands and had used the conflict to begin the process of annexing Hawaii. 49 The war and America’s resulting overseas expansion came at the end of an anxious decade.