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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, they got paid for a sliver of unrelated land, not the huge mass that was annexed in the Mexican-American War.

[–] Horsecook@sh.itjust.works 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You’re thinking of the $10 million of the Gadsden purchase, the 1854 Treaty of Mesilla.

The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, that ended the Mexican-American War, included a $15 million payment to Mexico for the territory annexed, and an assumption of $3.25 million of Mexican debt to American citizens.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 1 points 22 hours ago

Huh, TIL