Question

What was a MAIN outcome of the Mexican American War?

A. It set the northernmost territory of the United States at the 54' 40 line.
B. The United States acquired Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
C. The United States acquired present-day California and New Mexico.
D. The United States lost the territory of Texas.

Answer 1

C. The United States acquired present-day California and New Mexico.

Step-by-step explanation:

The peace treaty in the Mexican city of Guadalope Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the Mexican-American War that began two years earlier over the Texas territorial dispute. The agreement granted the United States 845,000 square miles of territory, the present-day states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.