What was a significant outcome of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War in 1848. Mexico ceded a vast area—including present-day California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of several other states—to the United States, amounting to nearly half of Mexico’s territory before the war. The United States also paid Mexico $15 million, but it did not return Texas or establish shared control of the border.

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