It was ceded by Mexico to the US in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. The US also paid Mexico $15 million for it, plus paid off $3.25 million in Mexican debts to US citizens, therefore paying a total of $18.25 million for the areas of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, parts of Utah and Colorado.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_guadalupe_hidalgo
The Gadsden Purchase (note the word PURCHASE, not STEAL) was bought for $10 million in 1853.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_Purchase
Please learn your history before accusing the US of stealing something they actually BOUGHT. And if you have an issue with the US having bought that territory, then blame the Mexican government of the 1840's and 1850's, don't blame TODAY'S Americans because we had nothing to do with it.
2006-12-10
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