United States History Question of the Day


  Mexican Cession territories
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Question 0100128:

Which of the following was not a provision of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

    (A)    a $15 million payment from the United States to Mexico
    (B)    United States acquisition of California
    (C)    Mexico's acceptance of the Rio Grande as its border with Texas
    (D)    U.S. assumption of American citizen claims against Mexico
    (E)    prohibition of slavery in the Mexican Cession territories


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