Question

What territory did the United States gain as a result of the Mexican Cession?

Answer 1

Mexico ceded nearly all the territory now included in the U.S. states of New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California, Texas, and western Colorado for $15 million and U.S. assumption of its citizens' claims against Mexico. Read more about the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

Answer 2

southwestern part of the United States

California, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona