美国的西部扩张.pptVIP

Westward Expansion kuanglandy CONTENTS 1 Introduction 2 Background 3 Process 4 Important Terms, People, and Events Introduction In the span of five years, the United States increased its size by a third. It annexed Texas in 1845; negotiated with Britain for half of the Oregon country; and acquired California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming as a result of a war with Mexico. America’s dramatic territorial expansion intensified the sectional conflict between North and South and raised the fateful and ultimately divisive issue of whether slavery would