Results of the Mexican War included all of the following except ________.

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) ended the war and is the central document for assessing the war’s outcomes.

1) Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) ended the Mexican–American War and set terms for peace.
- The United States acquired large territories (the Mexican Cession: Alta California and New Mexico) and secured the Rio Grande as the southern boundary of Texas.
- The U.S. paid Mexico $15 million as part of the treaty settlement.
- The treaty included provisions concerning the rights of Mexican residents in ceded lands, but the practical effect and scope of citizenship and equal civil rights were contested and often not fully realized.

2) Reasoning process step by step
- Compare each answer option to the treaty terms and historical outcome.
- Option: American acquisition of Alta California and New Mexico — Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo transferred these territories to the U.S.; this is true.
- Option: American acquisition of territory north of the Rio Grande in Texas — The treaty recognized the Rio Grande as Texas’s southern border, confirming U.S. control north of the river; this is true.
- Option: The U.S. paid Mexico $15 million — The treaty stipulated $15 million compensation to Mexico for claims and the ceded territory; this is true.
- Option: The granting of U.S. citizenship to Mexicans living in newly acquired territories — The treaty’s articles promised that residents could remain and enjoy rights of U.S. citizens, but in practice there was not an immediate, full, unconditional grant of equal citizenship and many residents lost land or civil/political rights. The phrasing implies a straightforward, universal granting of citizenship as a clear result; historians and typical exam answers treat that as not a direct, unambiguous outcome in the way the other options are.

3) Intermediate steps / evidence
- Treaty language and terms: territorial cession (California, New Mexico), border recognition (Rio Grande), and $15 million payment are explicit treaty provisions.
- Citizenship and rights provisions existed but were conditional and unevenly implemented, so they are not reliably listed as a clear, positive result in survey-style questions.

4) Why the correct answer is correct
- The first option is the best “except” choice because it asserts a blanket, successful granting of U.S. citizenship to Mexicans in the ceded areas — a claim that overstates the outcome. While the treaty nominally addressed residents’ status, it did not result in a straightforward, universal conferral of full citizenship rights in practice.

5) Why the other options are incorrect
- Each other option (territorial gains north of the Rio Grande, acquisition of Alta California and New Mexico, and the $15 million payment) is explicitly and unambiguously a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

6) Conclusion
- Therefore, the exception (the correct answer) is: the granting of US citizenship to Mexicans living in newly acquired territories, which matches the provided answer.

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