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How have humans developed the American southwest

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Much of the area had been a part of New Spain and Mexico until the United States acquired the area through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 and the smaller Gadsden Purchase in 1854. Hopefully this helps. Rate 5
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