Gadsden Purchase

What was the primary reason for the Gadsden Purchase?

• To expand slavery territories

• To facilitate the southern route of the Transcontinental Railroad

• To settle border disputes

• To gain access to natural resources

Who was dispatched to negotiate the Gadsden Purchase with Mexico?

• James Gadsden

• Ulysses S. Grant

• James Polk

• Abraham Lincoln

What was the final outcome of the Gadsden Purchase?

• It doubled the size of the United States

• It led to the discovery of gold

• It completed the continental United States

• It resolved all border disputes with Mexico

In 1853, James Gadsden purchased a strip of land just below the land acquired as a result of the Mexican-American War. He wanted it because it could serve as _______________.

• good farmland

• a reservation for Native Americans

• a good railroad route

• a good place to mine for gold

How much did the Gadsden Purchase cost?

• 10 million US dollars

• 15 million present day

• 15 million US dollars

• 31 million present day

why do you think the Gadsden purchase was made?

What is territory 9 called? (Acquired in 1853)

• Oregon Territory

• Mexican Cession

• Texas Annexation

• Gadsden Purchase

In 1853 the United States purchased this land from Mexico. Railroad companies wanted the land to build a southern railroad that did not cross high mountains.

• Texas Annexation

• Mexican Cession

• Oregon Country

• Gadsden Purchase

Number 8 marks which of the following:

• Gadsden Purchase

• Northwest Territory

• Annexation of Texas

• Mexican Cession

What was the main purpose of the Gadsden Purchase?

• To acquire land for agriculture

• To facilitate a southern transcontinental railroad

• To expand the United States' territory into Canada

• To establish new trade routes with Europe