The American Army occupied Mexico City in about 1848. The commander of that army was Gen Winfield Scott, who was assigned to be Governer-General of Mexico until a state department person took over a few months later.
To summarize, California, Nevada, Utah, Texas and parts of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming were part of Mexico and now belong to the US.
The US did take a part of Mexico which is now Texas
they showed there powers because mexico wanted to prove that they did not want the us to take over
The US did take a part of Mexico which is now Texas
that communists would take over the us government. (apex)
Mexico is to the south of the US. Mexico borders the US States of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.
Because Mexico refused to negotiate a peaceful sale of New Mexico and California.
After the war between the US and Mexico was over, Mexico was left defeated and weak. President James K. Polk decided to get these two areas from Mexico in return for 15 million dollars. Later, in the Gadsden Purchase, the US bought present day Arizona and New Mexico.
New Mexico in 1912.
You may be referring to New Mexico.
New Mexico, and the rest of the continental US, is in the Western Hemisphere. Since the US is north of the equator, New Mexico is also in the Northern Hemisphere.
New Mexico. Mexico is a country bordering the United States and New Mexico, a state in the the United States, has the same name. The only state in the US that has the name of a country that borders the US in it is New Mexico. The other country is Mexico.