MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Question
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Why did the U.S. buy the Gadsden Purchase from Mexico?
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to provide farmland and ranching to Americans
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because the land contained a pass through the mountains for a railroad.
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It was near the the Atlantic Ocean.
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It allowed for trade on the Mississippi River.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Gadsden’s Purchase provided the land necessary for a southern transcontinental railroad and attempted to resolve conflicts that lingered after the Mexican-American War.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1853 President Pierce sent Gadsden to Mexico to negotiate a redefinition of the border. The Mexican regime was urgently in need of money and for $10 million sold the required strip of territory south of the Gila River, in what is now southern New Mexico and Arizona.
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