What is the name of the Mexican territory that consisted of the modern day states of California, Nevada, and Utah, with parts of Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico, and became part of the United States in 1848?

Alta California was a territory of Mexico that consisted of lands that are in modern-day California, Nevada, and Utah, with parts of Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. This area became part of the United States after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican–American War in 1848.

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