clifto wrote:
Walter R. wrote:

Most of the Western US were taken by the US from Mexico by Force.


Wrong. Texas petitioned the US for statehood. Mexico didn't like it
and went to war. When we won, the treaty they signed SOLD us New
Mexico and parts west for something around $15 million, and we
split off parts of then-Texas for inclusion in various other
surrounding states.


Don't forget the Gasden purchase.