MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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gave the Unites States vast Mexican territories and set the southern boundary
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gave the Unites States vast British territories and set the northern boundary
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gave the Unites States all of Texas.
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gave the Unites States control over Cuba and the Philippines.
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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. This agreement, along with the 1853 Gadsden Purchase, created the southern border of the present-day United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -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). Mexico also relinquished all claims to Texas and recognized the Rio Grande as the southern boundary with the United States (see Article V).
Detailed explanation-3: -The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848, the treaty allowed the United States to purchase California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado for fifteen million dollars, doubling the size of the United States, but also displacing millions of Mexican citizens in new American territory.