MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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$1 million
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$2 million
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$15 million
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$50 million
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Nothing
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Detailed explanation-1: -The United States paid Mexico $15, 000, 000 “in consideration of the extension acquired by the boundaries of the United States” (see Article XII of the treaty) and agreed to pay American citizens debts owed to them by the Mexican government (see Article XV).
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Mexican Cession as ordinarily understood (i.e. excluding lands claimed by Texas) amounted to 525, 000 square miles (1, 400, 000 km2), or 14.9% of the total area of the current United States.