To claim the lands and present them after the king
John J. Pershing was the commander of American forces during WWI
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In the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, the United States "<span>C. paid $15 million for lands the Mexican Cession," although this cost was also to repay for suits against land encroachments. </span>