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The "Mexican Cession" was the vast area of land constituting most of the present Southwest United States, from California eastward to New Mexico. The lands were ceded to the US in 1848 under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). The cession amounted to more than 1/3 of the total area of pre-war Mexico, including all or part of the current US states of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. The US settlement to Mexico totalled $18.5 million. Five years later, the US purchased a much smaller disputed border area for $10 million in the Gadsden Purchase.
The United States received the states of California, Utah, and Nevada, as well as portions of New Mexico, Wyoming, Arizona, and Colorado as a result of the Mexican Cession. The Gadsen Purchase gave the southern portion of Arizon to the US.
Texas and Mexican territory become part of the United States.(Apex) teehee.
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In general, states in the western part of the United States are larger than states in the eastern part.