[PAR] [TLE] Botiller v. Dominguez [SEP] Botiller v. Dominguez, 130 U.S. 238 (1889), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court dealing with the validity of Spanish or Mexican land grants in the Mexican Cession, the region of the present day southwestern United States that was ceded to the U.S. by Mexico in 1848 under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. [PAR] [TLE] Mexican Cession [SEP] The Mexican Cession of 1848 is a historical name in the United States for the region of the modern day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848.  It had not been part of the areas east of the Rio Grande which had been claimed by the Republic of Texas, though the Texas annexation resolution two years earlier had not specified the southern and western boundary of Texas.  The Mexican Cession (529,000 sq. miles) was the third largest acquisition of territory in US history.  The largest was the Louisiana Purchase, with some 827,000 sq. miles, followed by the acquisition of Alaska (about 586,000 sq. miles).
[PAR] [TLE] Botiller v. Dominguez [ SEP ] Botiller v. Dominguez , 130 U.S. 238 ( 1889 ) , was a decision by the United States Supreme Court dealing with the validity of Spanish or Mexican land grants in the Mexican Cession , the region of the present day southwestern United States that was ceded to the U.S. by Mexico in 1848 under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo . [PAR] [TLE] Mexican Cession [ SEP ] The Mexican Cession of 1848 is a historical name in the United States for the region of the modern day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 . It had not been part of the areas east of the Rio Grande which had been claimed by the Republic of Texas , though the Texas annexation resolution two years earlier had not specified the southern and western boundary of Texas . The Mexican Cession ( 529,000 sq . miles ) was the third largest acquisition of territory in US history . The largest was the Louisiana Purchase , with some 827,000 sq . miles , followed by the acquisition of Alaska ( about 586,000 sq . miles ) .
Botiller v. Dominguz was a decision by the United States Supreme Court that dealt with a region of the southwestern United States that was the third largest acquisition of territory in US history, with what being the largest?
Botiller v. Dominguz was a decision by the United States Supreme Court that dealt with a region of the southwestern United States that was the third largest acquisition of territory in US history , with what being the largest ?
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase