Title: Aftermath - U.S.-Mexican War and Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
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Summary
Aftermath of War for Mexico
Aftermath of War for the U.S.
The Significance of the War

Content: Although these new states brought good fortune, they also brought problems, since people argued weather these states should be free or slave states, which such problems later caused the Civil War. The Significance of the War
When the United States gained the victory of this war, it gave the opportunity for the U.S to gain more territory and expand their progress. The territory that gave the most increase to the U.S economy was California. This territory became the most important to the U.S since it depended on it for its gold mines found in this territory during this time. For example, if the United States had won the War, the U.S probably would not be as powerful as it is today. Mexico in the other hand, would have become a more of a powerful country because of the natural resources that California and Nevada had, sadly Mexico did not discover these gold mines before the war, otherwise they would of had the power to defeat the United States, and would had never agreed on making the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. In the end, getting the land of Mexico allowed the United States become a powerful and rich country as we know it today. The expansion after the Mexican-American war had a big impact on the United States today, because they claimed 500,000 square miles of new territory. What used to be known as part of Mexico eventually would become the American states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and compromise significant parts of Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and Wyoming. It played an important in the development of American prosperity.