What is Mexican Cession?
[[File:Wpdms mexican cession.svg|thumb|right|200px|{{Center|Lands ceded to the USA as a result of the Mexican-American War (red).}}]] The '''Mexican Cession''' of 1848 refers to the lands [[Cession|ceded]] or [[wikt:surrender|surrender]]ed to the [[United States]] by [[Mexico]] at the end of the [[Mexican–American War]].<ref name=USHIST>{{cite web |url=http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h245.html |title=The Mexican Cession |publisher=u-s-history.com |access-date=27 January 2016}}</ref> The territory became the [[States of the United States|states]] of [[California]], [[Nevada]], [[Utah]] and [[Arizona]].<ref name=USHIST/> It was agreed to in the [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]], which formally ended the [[war]] (1847–1848) between Mexico and the United States.<ref name=CastilloPBS>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/war/wars_end_guadalupe.html |title=Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |author=Richard Griswold del Castillo |publisher=PBS |access-date=27 January 2016}}</ref> The treaty was signed on 2 February 1848.<ref name=CastilloPBS/> The Cession added {{convert|500000|mi2}} of territory to the [[southwestern United States]]. It also contributed to the United States [[wikt:emerging|emerging]] as a [[world power]] in the late the 19th century.<ref name=CastilloPBS/> == References == {{commons}} {{reflist}} [[Category:1840s in Mexico]] [[Category:1840s in the United States]] [[Category:1840s treaties]] [[Category:1848]] {{multistub|north-America|hist}}