MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Question
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Why was the Gadsden Purchase added to the U.S. in 1853? (Look at #5)
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it was needed for the building of a railroad
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it was a gift from Mexico
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it was part of the treaty with Mexico
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gold was discovered in that area
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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: -The Gadsden Purchase is a roughly 30, 000 square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was acquired by the United States in a treaty signed by American ambassador to Mexico James Gadsden on December 30, 1853.
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