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What territory did the US get in the Treaty of Gaudalupe-Hildalgo?
California and the American Southwest.
What did the US gain as territory after the Mexican-American War?
California and the American Southwest.
Was California a territory before it was a state?
Before it became a state, California was known as Spanish territory until the US claimed it for itself, so yes.
How did the US gain control of Texas California the American southwest and the Oregon territory?
The United States never had to fight a war to gain control of Texas and other southwest territories, such as the California territory. Texas was annexed in a time of peace in 1845 by the US; however, this provoked anger from the Mexican government which still did not recognize the independence of the Republic of Texas, and claimed it as still their own territory, albeit a "troublesome one." As a result of the US annexation of Texas, the Mexican-American War broke out.
Following the Mexican American War where did the US gain territory?
It gained California and the American Southwest.
Was California a territory before it became a state?
Before it became a state, California was known as Spanish territory until the US claimed it for itself, so yes.
What power claimed the territory of Florida?
Spain claimed the territory of Florida
When was California added to the union?
The war with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States.
Which conflict resulted in the US gaining territory in the West and Southwest including California Nevada and Utah?
Mexican-American War
The capital of the Southwest Territory was .?
Santa Fe
What were the two causes of the Hundred Years War?
Fighting began when the king of France tried to take the territory claimed by England in southern France and England also claimed the territory.
When did Mexico own California?
From 1821 when Mexico won its independence, until 1848 when it lost it to the United States after the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).
