CHAPTER XXIII

Expansion of the United States From Dwarf to Giant

Ohio Admitted in 1802--Louisiana Purchased From French 1803--Admission of the States--Florida Transferred to the United States 1819--The First Railway in 1826--Indians Cede Their Illinois Lands in 1830--Invention of Telegraph 1832--Fremont's Expeditions to the Pacific Slope--Conquest of Mexico--Our Domain Established From Ocean to Ocean 1848--The Purchase of Alaska From Russia 1867--Rapid Internal Growth--Cities Spring up on the Plains--A Marvelous Era of Peace--Through the Spanish-American War Comes the Acquisition of First Tropical Territory--From East to West America's Domain Reaches Half-way Around the World--Three Cities Each With Over 1,000,000 Inhabitants 351