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The 21 pages that link to Mexican Cession, each with the reason it gives.

• Louisiana PurchaseCompared with: This later acquisition expanded the United States in a different region and from a different country.

• Manifest DestinyBroader topic: Its acquisition brought the consequences of continental expansion into sharp focus.

• Mexican–American WarBroader topic: This transfer was the war’s largest territorial consequence.

• Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoBroader topic: This territorial transfer was the treaty’s largest geographic consequence.

• James K. PolkBroader topic: The war Polk began produced this vast territorial acquisition, reopening disputes over slavery’s expansion.

• Gadsden PurchaseCompared with: The later purchase added a smaller tract south of the Mexican Cession's boundary.

• ArizonaRelated: It brought much of present-day Arizona under U.S. control.

• United States territorial expansionBroader topic: It transferred much of the present-day American Southwest after the Mexican-American War.

• Western United StatesRelated: It transferred much of the modern Southwest and California to U.S. control.

• California statehoodNarrower topic: California’s path to statehood unfolded within the larger territorial transfer that reopened disputes over slavery.

• Utah TerritoryRelated: The cession brought the Great Basin under United States authority before Utah Territory was organized.

• American WestRelated: The cession transferred much of the Southwest and California to U.S. control.

• Southern CaliforniaRelated: The transfer placed Southern California under U.S. rule and transformed its political context.

• John BidwellNarrower topic: The cession made Bidwell’s California home part of the United States.

• Southwestern United StatesRelated: It established much of the modern U.S.–Mexico border and U.S. control of the region.

• TucsonRelated: The transfer placed Tucson within United States territory after decades of Mexican rule.

• El PasoRelated: The cession shifted sovereignty over the north bank of the Rio Grande and set the stage for El Paso’s U.S. identity.

• History of ArizonaRelated: The treaty transferred much of present-day Arizona to U.S. control.

• History of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United StatesRelated: The transfer placed many Mexican residents under U.S. sovereignty without requiring them to migrate.

• History of Mexican AmericansRelated: It placed many Mexican residents within the United States without requiring them to cross a border.

• History of NevadaRelated: The cession transferred sovereignty over the area that became Nevada to the United States.