In the aftermath of the war with Mexico, the United States

The 1846–1848 war with Mexico ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Mexico ceded a vast area to the United States, including present-day California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of several other Southwestern states. Therefore, the United States gained large amounts of territory in the American Southwest; it did not return Texas to Mexico.

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