Question 2 • Social Studies 8
The Gadsden Purchase took place in 1853, when the United States agreed to pay Mexico for land in what is now southern Arizona and New Mexico. The Mexican-American War ended in 1848 with a US victory, so Mexico did not win the war or pay the US for the Mexican Cession. Texas was annexed by the United States in 1845, not paid for by Mexico.
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