MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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Question
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$15 million
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Nothing
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$50 million
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$500, 000
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Detailed explanation-1: -Article XII engaged the United States to pay, “In consideration of the extension acquired", 15 million dollars (equivalent to $470 million today), in annual installments of 3 million dollars. Article XI of the treaty was important to Mexico.
Detailed explanation-2: -The U.S. government paid Mexico $15 million “in consideration of the extension acquired by the boundaries of the United States” and agreed to pay American citizens debts owed to them by the Mexican government.
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.