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Mexican Cession?
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Content: A few years later, prodded by railroad interests, the U.S. added the "Gadsden Purchase" in southern Arizona and New Mexico. More money was paid for that, because many felt Mexico had been cheated in the Mexican Cession. Western and Southern interests generally supported the Mexican War because of the Manifest Destiny idea, and also because much of the new (southern) region may be opened to slavery. Many northerners opposed the war as a blatant land grab. Abraham Lincoln, then a young congressman, opposed the war, as did statesman John Quincy Adams. Shortly after the Mexican Cession, John Marshall discovered gold in the South Fork of the American River north of Sacramento, thus triggering the California Gold Rush. That answers most of your questions. ...Show more
Mannie H
1 decade ago
It was the result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 negotiated by Nicholos Trist that concluded the Mexican War. It increased the size of the USA by 1/3 and completed America' s "Manifest Destiny." mk_matson
Lv 4
1 decade ago
The country of Mexico gained it's independence in 1821 from Spain.