After signing this agreement on February 2, 1848, the United States and Mexico ended their war. A deal between Mexico and the United States gave 55 percent of its territory to the United States, ...

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo sealed the American victory in 1848. In return for ... Mexico gave up its hold over New Mexico and California. The enormous territory included present-day ...

By 1848, Mexico was defeated and agreed to sell territory that included California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and parts of Colorado and Wyoming for $15 million plus reparations.

On February 2nd 1848, following a short and one-sided war, Mexico ... half its territory to the United States. An area covering most of present-day Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and ...

Polk acquired the then British-held territory of Oregon and negotiated ... Congress declared war with Mexico in 1846. In 1848, Mexico ceded California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and parts of Wyoming, ...