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The U.S. have purchased these territories (discuss.tchncs.de)
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[โ€“] Malgas@beehaw.org 42 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Mexican Cession was part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War.

The US did pay Mexico $15M as part of the same agreement, but, even so, characterizing it as a purchase seems kind of sketchy to me.

[โ€“] iloveDigit@piefed.social 6 points 3 months ago

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