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2 June, 06:52

Why did the U. S. want to purchase California from Mexico?

a.

to instigate war with Mexico

b.

to retaliate against property damages to U. S. merchants in Mexico

c.

to gain free trade along the Pacific coast

d.

to allow more slave states into the Union

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  1. 2 June, 07:28
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    The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, forced onto the remnant Mexican government, ended the war and enforced the Mexican Cession of the northern territories of Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo México to the United States.
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