In
1848, just one year before the discovery of gold in California, the
United States obtained from Mexico, the lands that are now the states
of California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, Wyoming, and Colorado.
Five years
later, in 1853, through the Gadsden Purchase, the United States acquired
from Mexico what is now southern Arizona.
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In
1848, just one year before the discovery of gold in California, the
United States obtained from Mexico, the lands that are now the states
of California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, Wyoming, and Colorado.