| A | B |
|---|
| The "1st" NW territory | Northwest Territory |
| Land of the Ohio Valley | Northwest Territory |
| Located next to Appalachian Mtns | Northwest Territory |
| Ceded by Britain 1783 | Northwest Territory |
| Gained in Treaty of Paris | Northwest Territory |
| Kentucky & Tennessee | Northwest Territory |
| Louisiana & Indiana | Northwest Territory |
| Ohio & Indiana | Northwest Territory |
| Mississippi & Alabama | Northwest Territory |
| Land of the Mohicans | Northwest Territory |
| Land reaches the Great Lakes | Northwest Territory |
| Area reaches Mississippi River | Northwest Territory |
| Area of French & Indian War fighting | Northwest Territory |
| Area of Cherokee Trail of Tears | Northwest Territory |
| Acquired in 1846 | Oregon Country |
| Once stretched from California to Alaska | Oregon Country |
| Claimed by Russia, Spain, England, & US | Oregon Country |
| Britain & US shared after War of 1812 | Oregon Country |
| Britain offered to divide at 49th parallel | Oregon Country |
| Acquisition extended U.S. from Atlantic to Pacific | Oregon Country |
| Washington & Idaho | Oregon Country |
| Parts of Wyoming & Montana | Oregon Country |
| Canadian Province of British Columbia | Oregon Country |
| Part of Minnesota | Northwest Territory |
| Includes interior part of Mississippi & Alabama | Country Yazoo |
| Ceded by Spain in 1795 | Country Yazoo |
| Ceded by Britain in 1818 | Red River Country |
| Traded part of Louisiana Territory for it | Red River Country |
| Set Canadian/American border at 49th parallel | Red River Country |
| Includes northern border of North Dakota & Minnesota | Red River Country |
| tips of land from Minnesota & Maine | Webster-Ashburton Treaty |
| Ceded by Britain in 1842 | Webster-Ashburton Treaty |
| Mexi-Amer War Treaty recognizes Rio Grande as Mex. border | Mexican Cession |
| U.S. paid $15 million + additional 3.25 mill for debts | Mexican Cession |
| Debts owed to Americans from Mex. Gov't from 1839 | Mexican Cession |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | Mexican Cession |
| Includes parts of Colorado & Wyoming | Mexican Cession |
| New Mexico & Arizona | Mexican Cession |
| California, Nevada, & Utah | Mexican Cession |
| Completed boundaries in contiguous U.S. | Gadsden Purchase |
| Strip of land in southern part of New Mex. & Arizona | Gadsden Purchase |
| Land south of Gila River | Gadsden Purchase |
| U.S. paid $10 million | Gadsden Purchase |
| Bought for railroad route to California | Gadsden Purchase |
| Land was claimed by both U.S. & Mexico in 1853 | Gadsden Purchase |
| Land was best route through Rocky Mtns to Pacific Coast | Gadsden Purchase |
| Named after U.S. Ambassador to Mexico | Gadsden Purchase |
| Russian offered to sell in 1867 | Alaska Purchase |
| 2 cents per acre! | Alaska Purchase |
| U.S. paid $7.2 million | Alaska Purchase |
| Land was twice the size of Texas | Alaska Purchase |
| Known as "Seward's Folly" | Alaska Purchase |
| Known as "Seward's Icebox" | Alaska Purchase |
| Fur trading business was no longer profitable | Alaska Purchase |
| Area was too far away for Russia to govern | Alaska Purchase |
| Became 40th state in 1959 | Alaska Purchase |
| American ships stopped to refuel here | Annexation of Hawaii |
| Marines overthrew Queen Liliuokalani in 1893 | Annexation of Hawaii |
| Congress annexed to U.S. in 1898 | Annexation of Hawaii |
| Sanfod Dole became president | Annexation of Hawaii |
| Became a territory in 1900 | Annexation of Hawaii |
| Became 50th state in 1959 | Annexation of Hawaii |
