1 Throw using the elbow, not the wrist or shoulder. 2  Try to throw the ball about as high as the top of your head. 3  Watch the ball as it reaches its peak in the air, picture where it will land, and then hold your other hand under it. 4  Do not reach up to catch the ball; the ball will come down to you.
The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended and specified the major consequence of the war: the Mexican Cession of the territories of Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo MÃ©xico to the United States. The US agreed to pay $15 million to pay the physical damage of war.
Related Resources: The Mexican War Learn more about this war between Mexico and the United States. The 19th Century Get a glimpse of what life was like in the exciting 1800s. Elsewhere on the Web: Map of the Mexican Cession See just how large this territory was. Causes of the Mexican-American War Find the reasons behind the war.