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At the beginning of 1800, the United States was formally comprised of sixteen states: the original thirteen colonies having been recognized as independent by the Treaty of Paris in 1783 and the states of Vermont, Kentucky and Tennessee having been added to the union by 1796. But American trappers and settlers were busily expanding to other areas, and the country was growing rapidly. Americans did not question their right to colonize vast expanses of North America beyond their country's borders. By the mid-1840s, United States expansionism was expressed in terms of "manifest destiny," and by the end of the nineteenth century, the United States had aquired all of its current territory through a series of wars and peaceful acquisitions:

  • In 1803, the United States made the the Lousiana Purchase, aquiring a huge tract of land (530 million acres!) from Napoleon Bonaparte. This land makes up approximately 22 percent of the current United States and contained parts or all of present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, northern Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado, portions of southern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan and southern Alberta, and Louisiana. Not all of this land was kept, later being ceded to Great Britain and Spain in exchange for other territory.
  • West Florida was made a U.S. possession in 1810 by President James Madison.
  • The Red River Basin, part of current-day Minnesota and North Dakota, was acquired in the Anglo-American Convention of 1818, a treaty with Great Britain which resolved boundry issues, set the US/Canadian boundary along the 49th parallel, and allowed for joint control of the Oregon Country.
  • East Florida was acquired in the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 with Spain. The treaty that gained East Florida also included Spain's surrender of any claims to the Oregon Country.
  • The Oregon Country was jointly controlled by the U.S. and Great Britain until 1846 when the Oregon Treaty divided that territory also at the 49th parallel. This created the Oregon Territory, which includes present-day Oregon, Washington and Idaho, as well as parts of Montana and Wyoming.
  • The Republic of Texas, which had gained its independence from Mexico in 1836, voted that year to be annexed by the United States. However it was nearly 10 years before the annexation of Texas took place. President John Tyler signed a treaty of annexation with Texas in 1844; congress approved it in 1845 and Texas became the 28th state later that year.
  • Mexican leader Antonio López de Santa Anna warned that the annexation of Texas would be "equivalent to a declaration of war against the Mexican Republic." Mexico had never formally acknowledged Texas independence and considered it a matter of national pride to fight for what it considered a rebel province. Thus started the Mexican-American war. The United States defeated Mexico and in the subsequent Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded to the United States parts of what are Texas, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Wyoming, and the whole of California, Nevada and Utah. They also recognized the Rio Grande as Texas' Southern border.
  • Less than five years after the Mexican Cession, the United States made the Gadsden Purchase of 1853, aquiring a strip of land along the U.S.-Mexico border, now in New Mexico and Arizona. This territory was later used for the southern transcontinental railroad.
  • In 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from Russia.
  • Hawaii was annexed in 1898 upon the request of a government made up primarily of American and European businessmen who had overthrown the Kingdom of Hawaii.
  • Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and Cuba were ceded by Spain to the United States after the Spanish-American War in 1898. All four of these areas were under United States Military Government for extended periods. Cuba became an independent nation in 1902. The Philippines became an independent nation in 1946.
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Abe Lincoln Grows Up
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Abraham Lincoln's World (pictorial hardcover)
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1945 Newbery Honor Book
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by Rutherford Hayes Platt
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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by Mark Twain
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Realistic Fiction for 7th-Adult
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Sterling Classics
by Mark Twain, illustrated by Scott McKowen
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$12.71
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by Mark Twain, illustrated by Norman Rockwell
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by Mark Twain, illustrated by Worth Brehm
from Harper & Brothers
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by Nathan Hale
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by May McNeer
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in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
American Heritage History of the Indian Wars
by Robert M. Utley, Wilcomb E. Washburn
Revised from American Heritage Publishing Co.
for 6th-Adult
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$12.00 (1 in stock)
Ben Snipes, Northwest Cattle King
by Roscoe Sheller
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Big Book of Cowboys
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from Grosset & Dunlap
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Childhood of Famous Americans
by Cathrine S. Cleven
from Bobbs-Merril Co
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Book of Cowboys
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Boy with a Pack
by Stephen W. Meader, illustrated by Edward Shenton
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Boys' Book of the West
by Amy Hogeboom
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Buffalo Bill's Great Wild West Show
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by Walter Havighurst, illustrated by John C. Wonsetler
from Random House
for 5th-8th grade
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Buffalo Bill's Life Story
by William F. Cody, Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth
1966 printing from Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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Building of the First Transcontinental Railroad
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by Adele Nathan, illustrated by Edward A. Wilson
from Random House
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Building of the First Transcontinental Railroad
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by Adele Nathan
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Caddie Woodlawn
by Carol Ryrie Brink, illustrated by Kate Seredy
from Macmillan
Realistic Family Fiction for 3rd-7th grade
1936 Newbery Medal winner
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Caddie Woodlawn
by Carol Ryrie Brink
from Simon and Schuster
Realistic Family Fiction for 3rd-7th grade
1936 Newbery Medal winner
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$16.99
California Gold Rush
by Ralph K. Andrist
from Troll Associates
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in American Heritage Junior Library (Location: VIN-HIS)
California Gold Rush
Landmark #6
by May McNeer & Lynd Ward
from Random House
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California Gold Rush
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by May McNeer & Lynd Ward
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Caravan to Oregon
by Herbert E. Arntson
from Binford & Mort Publishing
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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
by Jean Lee Latham, illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II
from Houghton Mifflin
Biography for 5th-9th grade
1956 Newbery Medal winner
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Cartier Sails the St. Lawrence
by Esther Averill, illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky
from Harper & Brothers
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Children of the Wild West
by Russell Freedman
from Clarion Books
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Clipper Ships and Captains
by Jane D. Lyon
from Troll Associates
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Coming of the Mormons
Landmark #37
by Jim Kjelgaard
from Random House
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Continent for Sale
Winston Adventure Books
by Arthur Groom, illustrated by Joseph Bolden
First Ediition from John C. Winston
for 5th-8th grade
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Copper Kings of Montana
Landmark #95
by Marian T. Place
from Random House
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Cowboys and Cattle Country
by Don Ward
from Troll Associates
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Custer's Last Stand
Landmark #20
by Quentin Reynolds
from Random House Books for Young Readers
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Custer's Last Stand
Landmark #20
by Quentin Reynolds
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for 5th-9th grade
in Western Expansion (1800-1898) (Location: HISA-19WES)
Daniel Boone, Wilderness Scout
Junior Deluxe Editions
by Stewart Edward White, illustrated by Henry C. Pitz
from Grosset & Dunlap
Biography for 4th-7th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
Daniel Boone, Wilderness Scout
by Stewart Edward White, illustrated by James Daugherty
from Garden City Books
Biography for 4th-7th grade
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Daniel Boone: The Opening of the Wilderness
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by John Mason Brown
from Random House
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Davy Crockett
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by Constance Rourke, illustrated by Walter Seaton
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1935 Newbery Honor Book
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Davy Crockett
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by Stewart H. Holbrook
from Random House
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DK Eyewitness Series
by David Murdoch
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American History Reference for 4th-8th grade
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DK Eyewitness: North American Indian
DK Eyewitness Series
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Do's and Don'ts of Yesteryear
by Eric Sloane
from Dover Publications
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$12.95
Eagle and the Fort
by Dorothy Morrison
from Atheneum
Biography for 5th-8th grade
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Early Days of a Cowboy on the Pecos
by James F. Hinkle
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Eli Whitney: Great Inventor
by Jean Lee Latham
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Erie Canal
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Explorers, Missionaries, and Trappers
by Kieran Doherty
from Oliver-Nelson Books
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Facing West
by Kathleen V. Kudlinski
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Fear in the Forest
by Cateau de Leeuw
from T. Nelson & Sons
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Fifer of San Jacinto
by Lee McGiffin, illustrated by Frank Nicholas
from Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
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First Four Years
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
from HarperCollins
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First Four Years (Pictorial Cover)
by Laura Ingalls Wilder; illustrated by Garth Williams
from Harper & Row
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Footprints of the Dragon
Land of the Free Series
by Vanya Oakes, illustrated by Tyrus Wong
1st edition from John C. Winston
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Frontier Living
by Edwin Tunis
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Historical Reference for 7th-10th grade
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George Rogers Clark, Soldier in the West
by Walter Havinghurst
from McGraw-Hill
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Geronimo: Wolf of the Warpath
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by Ralph Moody, illustrated by Nicholas Eggenhofer
from Random House
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Golden Age of Railroads
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by Stewart H. Holbrook
from Random House
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Golden Book History of the United States Volume 6
by Earl Schenck Miers
from Golden Press
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Good Ol' Cowboy Stories
by Jack Terry
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
Great Trains of All Time
by Freeman Hubbard; illustrated by Herb Mott
from Grosset & Dunlap
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Greatest Cattle Drive
North Star Books #37
by Paul I. Wellman, illustrated by Lorence F. Bjorklund
from Houghton Mifflin
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Hattie Big Sky
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from Delacorte Press
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Heroines of the Early West
Landmark #91
by Nancy Wilson Ross
from Random House
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Home Ranch
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Horses I've Known
by Will James
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Hudson's Bay Company
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by Richard Morenus
from Random House
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In the Hands of the Cave Dwellers
by G. A. Henty
from Robinson Curriculum
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in G. A. Henty Books (Location: FIC-HEN)
In the Heart of the Rockies
by G. A. Henty
from Robinson Curriculum
Historical Fiction for 6th-10th grade
in G. A. Henty Books (Location: FIC-HEN)
Joe Meek
by Shannon Garst
from Julian Messner
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John James Audubon: Painting America's Wildlife
by Janet Stevenson, illustrated by Robert Boehmer
from Encyclopedia Britannica
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$12.00 (1 in stock)
Kit Carson and the Wild Frontier
Landmark #53
by Ralph Moody
from Random House
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Kit Carson: Folk Hero and Man
by Noel B. Gerson
from Doubleday & Company
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$7.50 (1 in stock)
La Salle of the Mississippi
by Ronald Syme
from William Morrow & Company
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Laura Ingalls Wilder: Pioneer Girl
by Laura Ingalls Wilder, edited by Pamela Smith Hill
from South Dakota State Historical Society Press
for 7th-Adult
in Little House Materials (Location: LIR-LHM)
$39.99
Legends of the Wild West
by James A. Crutchfield, Bill O'Neal, Dale L. Walker
from Publications International
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Lewis & Clark Expedition
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by Richard L. Neuberger
from Spencer Press
for 5th-8th grade
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Little House - Hardcover Set
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
from HarperCollins
for 3rd-8th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$139.11
Little Town on the Prairie
Little House Series #7
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
from HarperCollins
Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-8th grade
1942 Newbery Honor Book
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$16.99
Little Town on the Prairie (Pictorial Cover)
Little House Series #7
by Laura Ingalls Wilder; illustrated by Garth Williams
from HarperCollins
Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-8th grade
1942 Newbery Honor Book
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Long Winter (Pictorial Cover)
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
from Harper & Row
for 3rd-8th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
Luck of the La Verendryes
by Lyn Harrington
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for 7th-12th grade
in Western Expansion (1800-1898) (Location: HISA-19WES)
Major Impossible
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #9
by Nathan Hale
from Amulet Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Comic Books & Graphic Novels (Location: FIC-COMIC)
$12.74
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
by James Daugherty
from Viking Press
for 7th-10th grade
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Marcus Whitman: The Great Command
by Nard Jones
2nd edition from Binford & Mort Publishing
for 6th-12th grade
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Narcissa and Marcus Whitman
Heroes of God
by Anne West Williams
from Association Press
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in Biographies (Location: BIO)
Oak's Long Shadow
by Olive W. Burt, illustrated by Frederick T. Chapman
1st edition from John C. Winston
Historical fiction for 6th-10th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Of Courage Undaunted
by James Daugherty
from Viking Press
Non-fiction for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
Old West: Miners
from Time-Life Books
for 7th-Adult
in Western Expansion (1800-1898) (Location: HISA-19WES)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
On to Oregon!
by Honore Morrow
1946 Edition from William Morrow & Company
for 3rd-7th grade
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Oregon Trail
by Leonard Everett Fisher
from Holiday House
for 5th-Adult
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Oregon Trail
by Francis Parkman Jr., illustrated by Thomas Hart Benton
from Garden City Books
for 7th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
Oregon Trail
by Francis Parkman Jr., illustrated by N.C. Wyeth
from Little, Brown & Company
for 7th-Adult
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
Oregon Trail
by Francis Parkman Jr., illustrated by James Daugherty
from Holt, Rinehart and Winston
for 7th-Adult
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Oregon's Iron Dream
by Mary Goodall
from Binford & Mort Publishing
for 6th-10th grade
in Transcontinental Railroad (Location: HISA-19TRR)
Pony Express
Landmark #7
by Samuel Hopkins Adams
from Random House
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Pony Express
Spencer Press Landmark #8 (RH#7)
by Samuel Hopkins Adams
from Spencer Press
for 5th-8th grade
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Prairie Star
by Nina Hermanna Morgan
from Viking Press
for 4th-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
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