How did most of new mexico and all of california become part of the united states?

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Jojo

4 November, 18:19

How did most of new mexico and all of california become part of the united states?

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Jefferson Pope · Answer 1

They were won in the Mexican-American war, alongside Texas. Texas gained recognition as a state of the United States while California and New Mexico became new states to be added to the Union as a result of the secession from the Mexican country. They were a result of the US wanting to go westward.