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What do the Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican Cession have in common with Manifest Destiny?

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As a result of the deal, the U.S. gained control of the powerful Mississippi River, doubled the size of the country and affirmed the idea for many that America's "Manifest Destiny" was to dominate North America and become a global power

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They both instead territory in the US, resulted in territory being taken from the US, and both involved land being forcibly taken from Mexico
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