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Answer:

The Mexican American war was fought and America gained the land of California through it.

Explanation:

  • Manifest Destiny was the belief that America was to expand throughout the North american continent.
  • This belief suggested that the expansion across the continent was a divine right and was inevitable.
  • President Polk of US was an unyielding believer of this and wanted the land of California and Texas.
  • Mexico refused to give them up and a war was fought and this resulted in Mexican cession.