The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo recognized the United States’ rights to __________ and offered the United States the chance to aquire lands through the __________.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in 1848, confirmed the United States’ claim to Texas after the Mexican-American War. Mexico also ceded a large area of land to the United States in the Mexican Cession. Therefore, the correct choice is “Texas . . . Mexican Cession.”

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