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Mexican War

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Noun

1. mexican war

after disputes over Texas lands that were settled by Mexicans the United States declared war on Mexico in 1846 and by treaty in 1848 took Texas and California and Arizona and New Mexico and Nevada and Utah and part of Colorado and paid Mexico $15,000,000

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Mexican War

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noun
the war fought between the US and Mexico (1846–48), through which the US acquired the present-day Southwest

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Mexican War

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a war between the U.S. and Mexico (1846-48)

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Mexican War

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n.
A war (1846-1848) between the United States and Mexico, resulting in the cession by Mexico of lands now constituting all or most of the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado.

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