How much did the United States offer to Pay Mexico for California

15,000,000 US dollars for mexico ($15mil)

They offered $15 million

This controversial case is the Sweatt v. Painter case wherein Sweatt was not able to enrol in the School of Law at the University of Texas. According to the school administrator Theophilus Painter, they can not allow Sweatt to enrol because it was against the constitution of the state of Texas.