Question

INTRODUCTION TO U.S. MEXICAN WAR

How much land will Mexico loose as a result of the U.S. Mexican War?

Answer 1

By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including parts of present-day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, to the United States. Mexico relinquished all claims to Texas, and recognized the Rio Grande as the southern boundary with the United States.