When The present day states of California Nevada and Utah were acquired in 1848 from
From which country did the United States acquire California
June 1846
California
Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
California was a part of Alta California, a region of Mexico that the US acquired as a result of the Mexican-American War. This area wasn't annexed but was ceded.
The Mexican States of Alta California and Nuevo Mexico.
California was acquired from Mexico at the end of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). Since then, southern California has been part of the US-Mexico Border.
All of them were acquired form Mexico.
California
California, Texas and parts of Arizona and New Mexico.
The Southwest, including California, was taken "by force of arms" from Mexico, during the Mexican War.