What effect did the removal of Article X have on the social structure of New Mexican communities?

Article X of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo would have recognized and protected Mexican land grants after the United States took control of New Mexico. The U.S. Senate removed it, making those grants more vulnerable to legal challenges and loss of land. As influential landowners lost property, their traditional leadership in New Mexican communities weakened, so A is correct.

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