USA HISTORY

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 net gain in U.S. territory after the Mexican-American War was roughly 525, 000 square miles, an enormous tract of land-nearly as much as the Louisiana Purchase’s 827, 000 square miles-that would forever change the geography, culture and economy of the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -It ended the war, and Mexico recognized the cession of present-day California, Nevada, and Utah as well as parts of present-day Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which brought an official end to the Mexican-American War (1846-48), was signed on February 2, 1848, at Guadalupe Hidalgo, a city to which the Mexican government had fled with the advance of U.S. forces.