USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON

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Important Event in United States History1) Signed by the U.S. and Mexico to end the war.2) Mexico gave up all claims to Texas east of the Rio Grande.3) Rio Grande is set as the border between Texas and Mexico.4) Mexico surrenders territory west of the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.Based on the above list, which answer identifies the document that impacted Texas’s border after the U.S.-Mexican War?
A
The Treaty of Velasco
B
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
C
The Louisiana Purchase
D
The Mexican Cession
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which brought an official end to the Mexican-American War (1846-48), was signed on February 2, 1848, at Guadalupe Hidalgo, a city to which the Mexican government had fled with the advance of U.S. forces.

Detailed explanation-2: -The immediate cause of the Mexican-American War was a disputed boundary between the United States and Texas on the Nueces Strip. Mexico did not recognize Texas as legitimate American territory and Texas admission to the United States antagonized Mexican officials and citizens.

Detailed explanation-3: -The treaty added an additional 525, 000 square miles to United States territory, including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Mexico also gave up all claims to Texas and recognized the Rio Grande as America’s southern boundary.

Detailed explanation-4: -It stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (the Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (the U.S. claim).

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