MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Question
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What is the estimate of the amount of lands that Mexico lost to the U.S?
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It lost no territory to the United States
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It lost so much that it cannot be measured
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Less than 500, 000 miles
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More than 500, 000 miles
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -A border skirmish along the Rio Grande that started off the fighting was followed by a series of U.S. victories. When the dust cleared, Mexico had lost about one-third of its territory, including nearly all of present-day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.
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