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| | AmericanHeritage.com / Blog: The Mexican Cession |
 | | Under the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican War in 1848, Mexico ceded most of what is now the southwest quarter of the United States, including all of California, Nevada, and Utah, most of Arizona, and large areas of Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico. |
 | | Few if any decided to leave after the United States acquired the territory, which would indicate that their ties to Mexico were as weak as the Mexican hold on the land. |
 | | The area we acquired from Mexico was “Mexican” because that country had inherited Spain’s claim to the territory. |
| www.americanheritage.com /blog/200612_5_743.shtml (650 words) |
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