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Map of the United States labeled "Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and Gadsden Purchase.". The map is divided into the 48 states of the mainland U.S. The states are not labeled. All the states appear white except for the following: Red, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, California, Nevada, most of Arizona, Utah, western New Mexico and part of Colorado. Orange, Gadsden Purchase, Southern Arizona.
©National Atlas of the United States
What was a long-term effect of the events pictured in the map?
Migration of settlers from Texas into Mexico
Mexico ceded more than a half of its territory
Increased military presence on the Texas/Mexico border
American settlers returned their lands
Map of the United States labeled "Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and Gadsden Purchase.". The map is divided into the 48 states of the mainland U.S. The states are not labeled. All the states appear white except for the following: Red, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, California, Nevada, most of Arizona, Utah, western New Mexico and part of Colorado. Orange, Gadsden Purchase, Southern Arizona.
©National Atlas of the United States
What was a long-term effect of the events pictured in the map?
Migration of settlers from Texas into Mexico
Mexico ceded more than a half of its territory
Increased military presence on the Texas/Mexico border
American settlers returned their lands
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GPT-4o mini
A long-term effect of the events pictured in the map, which depicts the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase, was **Mexico ceded more than a half of its territory**. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War in 1848, resulted in Mexico giving up a significant amount of its land to the United States, including present-day California, Nevada, and parts of several other states. The Gadsden Purchase in 1853 further added to the U.S. territory by purchasing a small area of land in present-day southern Arizona. This significantly altered the map of North America and had lasting implications for both nations.