USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or False?o cede means to give up, especially by treaty. A Cession is a transfer of land from one country to another.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cede means “to yield or grant typically by treaty.” Most of the verb senses of seed are concerned with planting seeds (either literal, as of plants, or figuratively, as of ideas).

Detailed explanation-2: -verb. (when intr, often foll by to) to transfer, make over, or surrender (something, esp territory or legal rights)the lands were ceded by treaty.

Detailed explanation-3: -To yield up; to assign; to grant; to surrender; to withdraw. Generally used to designate the transfer of territory from one government to another. West’s Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc.

Detailed explanation-4: -If someone in a position of authority cedes land or power to someone else, they let them have the land or power, often as a result of military or political pressure.

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