MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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The US gained California and New Mexico.
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The US forfeited all claims above the 54o 40’ line.
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The US received $15 million from Mexico.
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The US prohibited slavery in Texas.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo also promised and guaranteed certain citizenship and property rights to Mexican citizens living in the newly-acquired US territories. All Mexican citizens living in the new US territories were given the option to become US citizens, or to remain Mexican citizens and return to Mexico.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the Mexican-American War in favor of the United States. The war had begun almost two years earlier, in May 1846, over a territorial dispute involving Texas.