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Can you name the U.S. Presidents Who Presided Over Territory Acquisition?
created by
texlex
Enter a President in the box below
Correctly named Presidents will show up below
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This quiz does not account for states that seceded during the civil war or territories that later became independent or part of another country.
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Area (square miles)
President
Acquisition(s)
1,204,896
Texas, Oregon Territory, Mexican cession
827,987
Louisiana Purchase
591,002
Alaska, Midway Islands
72,101
Florida
29,670
Gadsden Purchase
10,246
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island
136
Virgin Islands
3.9
Islands claimed under Guano Act of 1856
0.4
Kingman Reef
892,135
Kingman Reef
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U.S. Territory Aquisition by President Quiz
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Created Jan 5, 2010 in
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spartyon11
:
Jan 6th, 2010 at 04:26 GMT
16 points
You spelled James Buchanan's name wrong.
kange
:
Jan 6th, 2010 at 06:56 GMT
1 point
You should not include kingman reef because it is a habitable piece of land
NoFunShogun
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Jan 6th, 2010 at 20:20 GMT
5 points
Way to misspell Buchanan.
CorpofDiscovery
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Jan 7th, 2010 at 01:59 GMT
1 point
Can you please check your spelling!!!!
schwitze
:
Apr 7th, 2010 at 13:38 GMT
1 point
Agree with Buchanan and the need to fix... disagree on kingman reef. The quiz doesn't say inhabitable territory
angelus31
:
Apr 16th, 2010 at 17:51 GMT
1 point
seriously, how do we make a quiz and misspell a president's name. lazy.
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