PRESENTATION OUTLINE
THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO
HOW DID THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR END?
IN SEPTEMBER 1847, THE AMERICAN ARMY CAPTURED MEXICO CITY
THE MEXICAN CAPITAL CITY WAS IN HANDS OF THE AMERICANS
THE DIPLOMATS TOOK CHARGE & WROTE THE TREATY OF GUDALUPE HIDALGO
THE TREATY CEDED VAST MEXICAN TERRITORIES TO THE US FOR $15 MILLION
THE TREATY ALSO FORGAVE CERTAIN MEXICAN DEBTS
THE AMERICANS WERE HAPPY TO HAVE THE TERRITORY
ALTHOUGH THE MEXICANS WERE NOT SO HAPPY TO LOSE TERRITORY
RECEIVE AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP WITH FULL CIVAL RIGHTS
OVER 90% CHOOSE TO BECOME US CITIZENS
