Land pacts
By: Susan Dudley Gold.
Edition: 1st. ed.
Series: Pacts & treaties
Publisher: Twenty-first Century Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Mexico. -- Juvenile literature.; Louisiana Purchase -- Juvenile literature.; Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Territorial questions -- Juvenile literature.; Louisiana Purchase.; Mexican War, 1846-1848.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Treaties -- Juvenile literature.; Alaska -- Annexation to the United States -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Treaties.; Alaska -- Annexation to the United States.
Description: Discusses the three treaties that tripled the land holdings of the United States during the nineteenth century: the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the Guadalupe-Hidalgo treaty in 1848, and the Alaska Purchase in 1867.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-124) and index.