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The United States acquired land in all of these ways except…

A. through settlement.

B. through war.

C. through inheritance.

D. through treaties.

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C. Through inheritance.

Because there is not one family in America that owns the country to pass it down from generations to generations.


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Answer: C. Through inheritance

Step-by-step explanation:

The Americas were new land to every country so no one could have passed it down to the U.S. However they did get land through settlement ex. Western Expansion, War ex. Mexican-American War and through treaties ex. Louisiana Purchase Treaty

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