Original sentence: In 1848, the United States purchased a large expanse of land in the south-western region of the United States from Mexico, known as the Mexican Cession.Nevada and the Bunkerville range are part of that land.Since then, the United States government has continuously owned the land in Nevada, which became a state in 1864
Edited sentence: From 1846 to 1848, the U.federal control over what is now the southwestern United States, a portion of which became the current state of Nevada in 1864.government invaded Mexico during the Mexican American War, and forced the Mexican government to sign the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which is used as justification for U