<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican–American_War" id="mwfg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a>: Mexico ratifies the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo" id="mwfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo">Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo</a> thus ending the war and ceding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="California">California</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada" id="mwgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nevada">Nevada</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah" id="mwgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Utah">Utah</a> and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15<span id="mwgw" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>million.