Expanding the Public Domain Resulted from wars, treaties, purchases –Louisiana Purchase (1803, from France) –Texas – annexed (1845) & purchased (1850) –Oregon, WA, Idaho (1846) became territories – Oregon Compromise –CA, NV, UT, AZ, NM (Mexican Treaty (1848) –Alaska (1867, purchased from Russia) –Native American displacements – native lands to reservations
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