February 2 in American History
The treaty ending the Mexican-American War transferred a vast territory — present-day California, Nevada, Utah, and much of the Southwest — to the United States. It completed the continental expansion of the country in a single stroke, and folded a large Mexican population and heritage permanently into the American story.
In 1848: the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty ending the Mexican-American War transferred a vast territory — present-day California, Nevada, Utah, and much of the Southwest — to the United States.
The treaty ending the Mexican-American War transferred a vast territory — present-day California, Nevada, Utah, and much of the Southwest — to the United States. It completed the continental expansion of the country in a single stroke, and folded a large Mexican population and heritage permanently into the American story.
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