USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

MANIFEST DESTINY

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Results of the U.S. Mexican War-Mexico recognizes Texas as part of the United States.-The Rio Grande is made the border between Mexico and the United States.-Mexico cedes territory that is now part of 7 present day states. Which treaty established these terms of peace to end the war?
A
Treaty of Paris
B
Adams-Onis Treaty
C
Treaty of Jefferson
D
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Mexican-American War was formally concluded by the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The United States received the disputed Texan territory, as well as New Mexico territory and California. The Mexican government was paid $15 million-the same sum issued to France for the Louisiana Territory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Texas Revolution, also called War of Texas Independence, war fought from October 1835 to April 1836 between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas’s independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas (1836–45).

Detailed explanation-3: -Under the terms of the treaty negotiated by Trist, Mexico ceded to the United States Upper California and New Mexico. This was known as the Mexican Cession and included present-day Arizona and New Mexico and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado (see Article V of the treaty).

Detailed explanation-4: -This treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico. By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including the present-day states California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming.

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