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1848 by us pres. James Polk
The Texas annexation purchased the Mexican cession.
The Mexican Cession was acquired in 1848 at the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Indeed. However, it is not called 'secession' but "Mexican Cession".
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 after the end of the Mexican-American war.
The Mexican-American War, and the resulting Mexican Cession, were during the presidency of James K. Polk.
It gave us the Mexican Cession.
1848
The United States did want the Mexican cession because they wanted to govern and control their own resources.
the United states paid Mexico $15 million dollars for this land, which became known as the mexican cession
The Mexican Cession
Mexican Cession