Title: Causes And Effects Of Mexican American War Term Paper - 1932 Words
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Causes And Effects Of Mexican American War Term Paper
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Content: Having passed up that opportunity, the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo essentially defined the southern border of the U.S. as it stands today. These territories would go on to be very important to the United States. California had oil, and fertile agricultural land. The other states had mining interests. Utah was opened up to the Mormons, a lasting cultural and political impact of its conquest in this war. Further, Texas had oil as well. This oil forms a major economic boost to the U.S. for most of the 20th century and into the 21st century. Economically, the war provided the U.S. with a couple of its largest, most wealthy states, and states that would eventually absorb millions of migrants from other parts of the country. While initially the manifest destiny vision was for agriculture, resource industries would be just as important in this expansion. There were further implications for the idea of manifest destiny.