MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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Question
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Mexico agreed to end the War against the U.S.
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Mexican citizens agreed to become American citizens
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Mexico ended slavery throughout the country
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Mexico gave up territory between Texas and the Pacific Ocean
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under the terms of the treaty negotiated by Trist, Mexico ceded to the United States Upper California and New Mexico. 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).
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -On February 2, 1848 the Treaty was signed in Guadalupe Hidalgo, a city north of the capital where the Mexican government had fled as U.S. troops advanced.