The 1819 Florida Purchase, the 1848 Mexican Cession, the 1853 Gadsden Purchase, and the 1867 Alaska Purchase all proved to be wise moves for the U.S. while bringing beneficent government to those ...

There is both potential and precedent for the U.S. to acquire territory through cession ... In 1848, President Zachary Taylor proposed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to Congress to annex Mexican ...

The era of Manifest Destiny had brought immense new territories under U.S. control including Texas in 1845, the Oregon country in 1846 and the vast cession by Mexico in 1848 following the Mexican ...

Every Canadian needs to pay attention to this bit of American history. In one treaty, the U.S. annexed the present-day states of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, ...

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More than 30 shelters operate in the Mexican border city located in the northwestern state of Baja California, according to local authorities. Humanitarian workers CNN spoke to said a lack of ...