History of the United States II / Unit 2 USH2 0187 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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The idea
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed February second, eighteen forty-eight, ended the Mexican-American War and promised citizenship to Mexicans who remained in the ceded lands.
In practice
Nearly seventy-five thousand Hispanics in the Southwest, about ninety percent of whom accepted citizenship.
Where people slip
Both figures are the anchor's. Citizenship on paper did not protect the land they held.
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