Question

How did the U.S. gain California and does this fit under the idea of “Manifest Destiny?"

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Answer 1

The Mexican American war was fought and America gained the land of California through it.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Manifest Destiny was the belief that America was to expand throughout the North american continent.
• This belief suggested that the expansion across the continent was a divine right and was inevitable.
• President Polk of US was an unyielding believer of this and wanted the land of California and Texas.
• Mexico refused to give them up and a war was fought and this resulted in Mexican cession.