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Lincoln — Unit test

Question 20 • LCS-Teacher Remediation-M/J United States History_Q3

A result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was that

Answer
A
Texas gained much of the land controlled by Mexico.
B
Texas became an independent republic.
C
the United States paid $15 million for the southwest territories.
D
the United States gave control of California to Mexico.

Explanation

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War in 1848. Mexico ceded a large area of the Southwest to the United States, and the United States paid Mexico $15 million, making choice C correct. Texas had already become part of the United States before the treaty, and it did not make Texas independent.

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