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This “Louisiana Purchase” doubled the size of the ... In 1848, under the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico relinquished California, New Mexico, Nevada, and parts of Colorado ...

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Twenty years later, the Louisiana Purchase marked the country’s ... New Mexico and more Under the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which officially ended the U.S.-Mexico War, Mexico ceded ...

From the Louisiana Purchase to the Alaska Purchase and ... In 1848, the U.S. and Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican War and drew a boundary between the two ...

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Feb. 02 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1848, the war between the United States and Mexico formally ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It provided for Mexico's cession ...

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in the village of Guadalupe Hidalgo on Feb. 2, 1848, ending the Mexican War and extending the boundaries of the United States west to the Pacific Ocean.