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title: "What established the procedure by which the United States would expand westward across North America by the admission of new states, rather than by the expansion of existing states?"  
description: "What established the procedure by which the United States would expand westward across North America by the admission of new states, rather than by the expansion of existing states?"  
author: "Pradeep Agnihotri"  
published: 2018-10-28  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51287/what-established-the-procedure-by-which-the-united-states-would-expand-westward-across-north-america-by-the-admission-of-new-states-rather-than-by-the-expansion-of-existing-states  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What established the procedure by which the United States would expand westward across North America by the admission of new states, rather than by the expansion of existing states?

What established the [procedure](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/304484/explain-the-sql-stored-procedures) by which the [United States](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85733/lifestyle-differences-between-india-and-united-states) would [expand](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2383/australian-company-arkon-energy-receives-millions-to-expand-its-operations-for-mining-green-bitcoin) [westward across North](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42662/what-established-the-procedure-by-which-the-united-states-would-expand-westward-across-north-america-by) America by the admission of new states, rather than by the [expansion](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35156/this-famous-arch-contains-the-name-of-the-city-it-is-located-in-and-is-also-known-as-the-jefferson-national-expansion-memorial-in-which-city-is-this-monument-located) of existing states?\
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