MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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Question
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The 49th parallel to Colorado
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As far north as Colorado to the Rio Grande
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The 49th parallel to the Rio Grande and Gadsden Purchase
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From the east coast to the Rio Grande
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
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 Rio Grande runs along 1, 254 miles of the border, but west of El Paso, Texas, the boundary lacks a natural geographic barrier except for a small stretch along the Colorado River. Approximately 700 miles of barbed wire, chain link, post-and-rail and wire mesh fencing has been erected along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Gadsden Purchase, or Treaty, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29, 670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico.