The Gadsden Purchase

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

For how much did the US by the land in the Gadsden Purchase?

• none, Santa Anna gifted the US the land

• $5 mil

• $15 mil

• $10 mil

What was gained through the Gadsden Purchase of 1853?

• a good railroad route to California

• a land grant to increase the size of Arizona

• an end to illegal immigration to the United States

• the end of a long border dispute with Mexico

Number 8 marks which of the following:

• Gadsden Purchase

• Northwest Territory

• Annexation of Texas

• Mexican Cession

What was the name of the land sale that moved the Mexican-American border to where it is today? 

• Gasden Purchase

• Louisiana Purchase

• Jakku Purchase 

• Mexican Purchase

Which U.S. President authorized the Gadsden Purchase?

• Franklin Pierce

• James Buchanan

• Millard Fillmore

• Zachary Taylor

What was the primary reason for the Gadsden Purchase?

• To acquire gold-rich lands

• To establish a military base

• To secure a southern railroad route

• To expand agricultural lands

Which two present-day U.S. states were affected by the Gadsden Purchase?

• California and Nevada

• Arizona and New Mexico

• Texas and Oklahoma

• Utah and Colorado

Who was the U.S. ambassador to Mexico who negotiated the Gadsden Purchase?

• James Gadsden

• John Slidell

• Nicholas Trist

• Winfield Scott