After the Civil War, many of the territories and states eventually seceded from the Union. Most states surrounding the South joined the Confederacy while other stayed in the Union or became independent states. Two such state, California and Nevada, annexed most of Mexico and Central America to become MoG[Corp]. The rest were not so powerful. All of the weaker states depended on the United States of protection, trade, and development. Today, Congress ratified a treaty with these states to legally