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Alaska, the last major acquisition in North America, was purchased from Russia in 1867. Support for the independence of Cuba from the Spanish Empire, and the sinking of the USS Maine, led to the Spanish–American War in 1898, in which the United States gained Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, and occupied Cuba for several years.
The United Kingdom ceded most of its remaining land in North America to Canada, with Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory becoming the North-West Territories. The Rupert's Land Act 1868 transferred the region to Canada as of 1869, but it was only consummated in 1870 when £300,000 were paid to the Hudson's Bay Company .
November 27 – Cushman Kellogg Davis, Governor of Minnesota from 1874 to 1876 and U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 1887 to 1900 (born 1838) December 21 – Roger Wolcott , lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (born 1847 )
Accession Date Area (sq.mi.) Area (km 2.) Cost in dollars Original territory of the Thirteen States (western lands, roughly between the Mississippi River and Appalachian Mountains, were claimed but not administered by the states and were all ceded to the federal government or new states by 1802)
Location of 50 largest cities by population in the United States in 1900, on a map of the modern United States. Numbered Cities 1. Worcester, Massachusetts 2. Paterson, New Jersey 3. Albany, New York 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts 5. Hartford, Connecticut
North America. Image:Map of USA.png – United States with outlines for individual states. ... These maps show elevation and main rivers, but no modern boundaries.
This section of the timeline of United States history concern events from 1900 to 1929. U.S. territorial extent in 1900 ... North Carolina; 1904 – Roosevelt ...
1900 events in North America by month (8 C) / 1900 disestablishments in North America (3 C) 1900 establishments in North America (6 C, 2 P) C. 1900 in Canada (7 C, 3 P)