Title: What Area Did the US Acquire During the Mexican War? | Synonym
Headings: What Area Did the US Acquire During the Mexican War?
What Area Did the US Acquire During the Mexican War?
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1 Texas' Boundary
2 Upper California
3 Land Between California and Texas
4 Impact on U.S. and Mexico

Content: Though sparsely populated at the war's end, in 1848 the discovery of gold in California brought the territory's population from 14,000 to more than 250,000 in just four years. 3 Land Between California and Texas
Americans were not satisfied with an isolated California discontinuous from the rest of the United States. As part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States also acquired all the Mexican territory between California and Texas. This included occupied regions such as New Mexico and Arizona. In addition, all or parts of Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado were transferred to the United States. The precise border between the U.S. and Mexico in this region was not immediately determined in the treaty. Instead, a group of future surveyors were to survey and negotiate until an agreement on the exact border was reached. 4 Impact on U.S. and Mexico
For the United States, the Mexican Cession represented 55 percent of its prewar territory. This, however, was a smaller gain than some, including President James Polk, desired. Many Northern abolitionists opposed the annexation of Mexican territory, and the president and his supporters compromised their hopes in the interests of political unity.