MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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Question
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Which part of America would gain the most power by the American victory in the Mexican-American War?
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Northern, free states
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Western states
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Southern, slave states
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which settled the Mexican-American War, the United States gained more than 500, 000 square miles (1, 300, 000 square km) of land, expanding U.S. territory by about one-third.
Detailed explanation-3: -The major engagements of the Mexican-American War The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) was fought from California to Mexico City and many points in between. There were several main engagements: the American army won all of them.
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