The Lend Lease Act was an attempt by the United States to support other nations within the Allied Forces during World War II. Under this program the United States provided other Allied nations with food, oil, and material from 1941 to 1945.
Milestones: 1830–1860.Gadsden Purchase, 1853–1854. The Gadsden Purchase, or Treaty, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico.
It increased the government's power, confirming that they could regulate navigation as they saw fit.
