What land did the U.S gain from the U.S Mexican War?
2 Answers
Clear undisputed rights to Texas, and California as well as the areas of Arizona , New Mexico, and parts of Nevada, and Utah
Explanation:
Before the Mexican American war Mexico still protested the legality of the claims of California and Texas to be independent "nations" from Mexico. When America annexed Texas as a state Mexico protested the legality of the annexation claiming ( correctly) that Texas was a province of Mexico that was in a state of rebellion.
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At the end of the war Mexico was forced to sign a peace agreement recognizing the annexations of Texas and California to the United States. Also Mexico ceded its claims to the Southwest giving up claims to Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Nevada and Utah. The Gladstone purchase was a nominal fee for a strip of land completing the access to California through land previously owned by Mexico.
The Mexican American war added vast valuable territory to the United States. The War stripped these territories from Mexico.
The entire SouthWest
Explanation:
The Entire Southwest (California, New Mexico, Arizona, most of Colorado, parts of Oklahoma, Utah, Nevada, and some parts of kansas and Wyoming.) was gained by the US due to the war with Mexico.
