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The United States maintains a focus on areas regarded as real or potential training grounds for al-Qa'ida affiliated groups. These areas are known as ________ _____ _____.
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The United States built a land empire through warfare and purchases. Describe at least three ways the U.S. expanded in land area.



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Answer to Question 1

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The United States built a land empire through warfare and purchases, including the Louisiana Purchase (from France) of 1803; the acquisition of Florida from Spain in 1819; the addition of Texas, the Southwest, and California as spoils of war with Mexico in 1845 and 1848; the Gadsden Purchase from Mexico of a strip of Arizona and New Mexico in 1853; and Alaska, bought from Russia in 1867.





 

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