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The 38 pages that link to Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, each with the reason it gives.

• California Gold RushRelated: The treaty and gold discovery placed California at the center of rapid American expansion.

• Manifest DestinyBroader topic: It formalized the largest territorial gains associated with the period’s expansionism.

• Mexican–American WarBroader topic: Mexico ceded vast northern territories under its terms, while the United States agreed to pay compensation.

• San FranciscoRelated: It placed the region that became San Francisco under United States sovereignty.

• Mexican CessionBroader topic: Its terms formally transferred the cession to the United States.

• Antonio López de Santa AnnaRelated: The treaty formalized territorial losses suffered during Santa Anna’s era, though he was not president when it was signed.

• James K. PolkBroader topic: It formalized the principal territorial gains of Polk’s war.

• Rio GrandeRelated: It established the river as much of the new international boundary.

• Westward expansionBroader topic: Its cession made territorial acquisition concrete while raising questions about Mexican residents’ rights.

• Adams–Onís TreatyRelated: It replaced the older boundary arrangement after war transformed control of the Southwest.

• Chicano MovementRelated: Its promises and aftermath figured in activism over land, citizenship, and Mexican American rights.

• Texas annexationRelated: The treaty settled the war that followed annexation and established the Rio Grande as Texas's southern boundary.

• Gadsden PurchaseNarrower topic: Its unsettled boundary and railroad questions helped prompt the later purchase.

• Wilmot ProvisoRelated: Its land cession made the question of slavery’s status in former Mexican territory urgent.

• ColoradoRelated: Its territorial settlement shaped the later U.S. claims that included parts of Colorado.

• United States–Mexico borderRelated: It established much of the modern border and set the Rio Grande as the Texas boundary.

• Utah WarNarrower topic: The treaty’s transfer of sovereignty set the stage for federal territorial rule and later conflict.

• William H. SewardCompared with: It contrasts a territorial acquisition imposed after war with Seward’s purchase from Russia.

• Battle of San JacintoRelated: It followed the longer chain of conflicts that began with Texas independence.

• California statehoodRelated: It brought California under U.S. sovereignty, creating the question of how the territory would be governed.

• Peace treatyBroader topic: Its territorial settlement reshaped borders and sovereignty across North America.

• Utah TerritoryRelated: Its transfer of the Great Basin made federal territorial organization possible.

• California genocideRelated: U.S. sovereignty followed without securing Indigenous land rights or political autonomy.

• Ciudad JuárezRelated: Its boundary settlement placed El Paso del Norte on Mexico’s side of the Rio Grande.

• John SutterRelated: The treaty changed the sovereignty governing Sutter’s California holdings just as gold was discovered there.

• New MexicoRelated: Its terms formalized U.S. sovereignty over New Mexico.

• San DiegoRelated: The treaty established the international boundary that now runs south of the city.

• History of MexicoRelated: It redrew Mexico's northern border and sharply reduced its territory.

• James W. MarshallRelated: The discovery occurred just weeks after the treaty was signed, during a transfer of sovereignty.

• Nuevo LeónRelated: The treaty fixed the international boundary near Nuevo León’s northern edge.

• CoahuilaRelated: Its settlement fixed the international boundary near Coahuila’s northern edge.

• El PasoRelated: Its boundary settlement transformed a connected region into an international borderland.

• History of CaliforniaRelated: Its terms formalized the transfer of California from Mexico to the United States.

• History of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United StatesRelated: Its terms addressed the land and citizenship of Mexican residents absorbed by U.S. expansion.

• History of Mexican AmericansRelated: Its citizenship and property provisions shaped the status of Mexicans in the annexed territories.

• History of New MexicoRelated: It placed New Mexico under U.S. control after the war.

• History of TexasRelated: Its terms fixed Texas’s southern border after years of competing claims.

• Joaquin MurrietaRelated: It changed the political status of Californians of Mexican descent during Murrieta’s era.