Title: Mexican–American War Facts for Kids
Headings: Mexican–American War facts for kids
Mexican–American War facts for kids
Contents
Causes and background
Fighting
Peace and aftermath
Images for kids

Content: Marked by red line is the land claimed for the republic of Texas. The United States won the war and Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. The treaty gave the U.S. lands that would become the states of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, southwestern Colorado, and southwestern Wyoming. Mexico received 15 million dollars and gave up its claims to Texas. The slavery debate in the United States became more intense with the addition of the new territory and the question of whether slavery would be legal in these new territories. Also, many of the officers who would lead troops in the American Civil War fought in the war and would use their experiences in the coming Civil War. Images for kids
Comanches of West Texas in war regalia, c. 1830. The 1832 boundaries of Comancheria, the Comanche homeland
Mexico in 1824. Alta California is the northwesternmost federal territory. Liberal Valentín Gómez Farías, who served as Santa Anna's vice president and implemented a liberal reform in 1833, was an important political player in the era of the Mexican–American War.