MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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They all had strong viewpoints about the U.S. taking California
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They were soldiers in the Mexican-American War.
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They helped write the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Overview. Land, mining, and improved transportation by rail brought settlers to the American West during the Gilded Age.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The version of the treaty ratified by the United States Senate eliminated Article X, which stated that the U.S. government would honor and guarantee all land grants awarded in lands ceded to the United States by those respective governments to citizens of Spain and Mexico.
Detailed explanation-4: -ARTICLE VIII Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens, or acquire those of citizens of the United States.