What is the mexican cession?

The “Mexican Cession" refers to lands surrendered, or ceded, to the United States by Mexico at the end of the Mexican War. The terms of this transfer were spelled out in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848. read more

The Mexican Cession is the region in the modern-day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 after the Mexican–American War. read more

Mexican Cession, 1848 After Texas joined the United States in 1846, a boundary dispute broke out almost immediately between the United States and Mexico, the country from which Texas had won its independence a decade earlier. read more

The Mexican Cession was the name given to the land, not including Texas, ceded to the United States by Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. This treaty officially ended the Mexican-American War. read more