USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -With the annexation of more than 525, 000 square miles of land, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo extended the boundaries of the United States west to the Pacific Ocean.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -On February 2, 1848 the Treaty was signed in Guadalupe Hidalgo, a city north of the capital where the Mexican government had fled as U.S. troops advanced.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: The United States wanted the Mexican Cession for the land. It was the largest land transfer since the Louisiana Purchase, which Americans had already largely occupied. In particular, the control of California was especially appealing and guaranteed American access to the Pacific Ocean.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.