Read the table about land acquired by the United States Cost
Acquisition of Public Lands, 1803-1867
Total Area Percentage of
Acquisition
(in acres) Total U. S. Land
Louisiana Purchase (1803) 529.911,680 22.9
$23.213,568
46,144,640
2.0
$6,674,057
Cession from Spain (1819)
183,386,240
7.9
Oregon Compromise (1846)
14.6
338,680,960
Mexican Cession (1848)
$16.295,149
Gadsden Purchase (1853)
18,988.800
0.8
$10,000,000
Alaska Purchase (1867)
378,242,560
16.3
$7.200.000
What was the largest land acquisition in the United States during the porind 1802-18677