Mexico ceded approximately 55% of its territory to the United States as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. This cession included present-day California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and parts of Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming. This significant territorial loss for Mexico occurred following the Mexican-American War.
Mexico gave land to US that became the US States of: New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, California, (part of) Colorado.
*Cede means “to give up land by a treaty” (U4 L12 p. 1) And CESSION means formally giving up rights to or property.
Mexico gave up: ______ % (p. 4) of all Mexican territory.
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