Title: The Mexican-American War
Headings: The Mexican-American War
The Mexican-American War
The Western War
General Taylor's Invasion
General Scott's Invasion
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Legacy of the Mexican-American War
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Content: For the next few months, they met with American diplomat Nicholas Trist, who had been ordered by Polk to secure all of the Mexican northwest in any peace settlement. In February of 1848, the two sides agreed on the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Mexico was forced to sign over all of California, Utah, and Nevada as well as parts of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, and Colorado in exchange for $15 million dollars and exoneration of about $3 million more in previous liability. The Rio Grande was established as the border of Texas. People living in these territories, including several Indigenous groups, reserved their properties and rights and were to be given U.S. citizenship after a year. Lastly, future disagreements between the U.S. and Mexico would be settled by mediation, not warfare. Legacy of the Mexican-American War
Although it is often overlooked in comparison with the American Civil War, which broke out about 12 years later, the Mexican-American War was just as important to American History. The massive territories gained during the war make up a large percentage of present-day United States. As an added bonus, gold was discovered shortly thereafter in California which made the newly acquired lands even more valuable. The Mexican-American War was in many ways a precursor to the Civil War.