California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico would probably NOT be part of the United States, had it not been for the Mexican War (1846-1848).
It had already annexed Texas from the Republic of Texas, but it gained California and the American Southwest in the Mexican American War.
The US gained California and the American Southwest.
It gained California and the American Southwest.
They gained the annexation of Texas.
California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico would probably NOT be part of the United States, had it not been for the Mexican War (1846-1848).
It had already annexed Texas from the Republic of Texas, but it gained California and the American Southwest in the Mexican American War.
The US gained California and the American Southwest.
The Mexican American War.
It gained California and the American Southwest.
They gained the annexation of Texas.
They gained California I think
David Wilmot was a U.S. politician in the mid-1800s. The Wilmot Proviso was named after him. This legislation was meant to ban slavery in western lands gained in the Mexican-American War.
The Whigs.
The Wilmot Proviso
The Neuches strip, Alta California and Nuevo Mexico.
The U.S. gained more land as a result of the Mexican-American War. All of the land that is between California to Texas was cedes by the Mexicans.