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By what year did the United States stretch their control from the Atlantic Ocean

to the Pacific Ocean?

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Answer:

The United States stretched their control to the Pacific Ocean in 1853.

Step-by-step explanation:

The expansion of the United States towards the west started in the 1803 when the US purchased Louisiana.

With the Manifest Destiny United States declared that their policy is to settle towards the west, which was encircled with the Gadsden Purchase in 1853 when the States acquired parts of Arizona and New Mexico.

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