do you know what the boundaries for the United States in the 1870's?
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http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MAP/TERRITORY/1870map.html
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This site provides a list of US territories and Outlying Areas and their histories, as well as when they were acquired by the US. Click the name of the territory / outlying area you want to know about\nhttp://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108295.html
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Go to the link below.  They will answer the question for you through email.  Also, you may want to get a map with a ruler at the bottom and measure it.
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The American West can really be considered as three portions.  The area from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains was French territory, and was purchased by the US Government in 1803 as The Louisiana Purchase.  The Pacific Northwest was claimed by both England, through its colony Canada, and the US.  The US claimed as far north as 54°40', while England claimed as far south as 42°; the Oregon Treaty of 1846 set the boundary at 49°N.  The American Southwest was originally owned by Mexico, and deeded to the US government in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848, except for a small part of Arizona and New Mexcio that was purchased the same year, the Gadsden Purchase.  \n\nSince all of the land was purchased or accepted in treaty by the US Government, it belonged to the government.  In 1862, Congress passed the Homestead Act.  For a mere $18 filing fee, any head of a household, including women and, later, former slaves, could file and receive title to 160 acres of land.  The owner had to live on the land for five years, build a house and make improvements, most noticeably plant a tree line, and then the land would become his or hers.  In addition, land was granted to build universities.  \n\nThe Homestead Act was repealed in the Continental United States in 1976, and in Alaska in 1986.  The land not distributed to homesteaders remains the property of various departments of the US Department of the Interior, which allocates its use in various means.  The Bureau of Land Management, for example, manages grazing land.  The Minerals Management Service manages mineral rights on federal lands.  The National Park Service manages lands set aside to be preserved for public use, as well as national buildings like the Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Monuments.  The US Fish and Wildlife Service manages fish and wildlife (duh).  The Bureau of Reclamation manages waterways, and constructs dams, canals, and reservoirs, including Hoover Dam and the Grand Coulee Dam.\n\nSo to summarize your question, the American West is owned by homesteaders and those who purchased land from them, and the US Government.
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actually, The continental United States refers (except sometimes in U.S. federal law and regulations) to the largest part of the U.S. that is delimited by a continuous border.Specifically, this includes 48 states and the federal capital of the U.S., the District of Columbia; it excludes Alaska and Hawaii
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA#Geography
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Border states are the states that border other countries as in Texas bordering Mexico or Maine bordering Canada\n\nI think..not positive but I think its also the states bordering the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, as well. Someone may have a more positive answer on that.\n\nAnswered my own question, no it doesn't include the oceans...the link below provides a map
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Tough question. I don't know if I have the answer you are looking for, but there are three "lines" I can think of that may be right.\n\nThe 49th parallel was a line of demarcation used to determine the US-Canadian border. It was decided by the Oregon Treaty in 1846. It was also known as the "Medicine Line"\n\nThe second isn't really a line, but during westward expansion, many denoted the difference between the 13 original colonies from territorial areas and annexed states. \n\nThe Mississippi River is also a common geographical line that commonly separates the "East" from the "West", although more than 2/3 of land is west of it.\n\nHope this helps point you in the right direction. I'm interested to see the correct answer to your question.
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In American history the "Gilded Age" refers to the post-Civil War and post-Reconstruction era, from 1865 to 1901, which saw unprecedented economic, territorial, industrial, and population expansion. \n\nThese links should help.
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Yes.\nIf you say no you forgot the history of USA
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Yes. Assuming it's a map of the right part of the world. :)\n\nBut then... I'm not American.
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Wikipedia says the US is approximately 2000 miles wide from east to west.
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You have a lot of these how far questions, don't you?\nSorry, I can't help. You can use MapQuest.com or Yahoo Maps...maybe they will help.
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Remember your 7th grade history....people were moving beyond the fall line and into Kentucky earlier than the 1840s. The land beyond the Miss. R. was given with the Homestead Act - 1862. See the following\n\nhttp://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/profbooks/histmap.pdf#search='frontier%201800%20map'\nhttp://home.hiwaay.net/~givensod/giv40ky.htm
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1861-1865 \nThe civil war was about the state right.
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The conterminous United States extends 4,662 km (2,897 mi) ENE—WSW and 4,583 km (2,848 mi) SSE–NNW.
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You could just try looking the information up, instead of relying on the faulty memories here in Yahoo! Answers.  \n\nBut, just to try and help you out...New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, Illinois, etc.  Pretty much every state North of the Mason Dixon Line were non-slave holding states.  Missouri was one that was in contention as it was North of the line, but when it achieved statehood, it was granted the right to be a slave state in 1851, if I remember my history correctly.