"Legacies of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo" represents a relatively new type of show for the Bullock, which opened as the premier museum on the subject of Texas history in 2001. As the Bullock ...

VIII. Mexicans now established in territories previously belonging to Mexico, and which remain for the future within the limits of the United States, as defined by the present treaty, shall be ...

The last act of Polk's predecessor, John Tyler, had been to annex the Republic of Texas in 1845 ... and the fighting ended. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo sealed the American victory in 1848.