MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
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Mexico ceded 529, 000 square miles.
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Mexico agreed to pay 3.25 million in claims from U.S. citizens.
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US agreed to pay $15 million for the given land.
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Mexico gave up claim to the territory between the Nueces and Rio Grande.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Its provisions called for Mexico to cede 55% of its territory (present-day Arizona, California, New Mexico, and parts of Colorado, Nevada and Utah) in exchange for fifteen million dollars in compensation for war-related damage to Mexican property.
Detailed explanation-2: -When the Senate reluctantly ratified the treaty (by a vote of 34 to 14) on March 10, 1848, it removed Article X guaranteeing the protection of Mexican land grants.
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: -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.