Image: 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
In the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded to the United States all of present-day California, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, and parts of other states. The treaty also approved the 1845 annexation of Texas by the United States.
Image from Perry-Castaneda Map Collection, University of Texas Library.
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