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What was the significance of the Gadsden Purchase of 1853?
A.
It allowed several western territories to achieve statehood as slave states.
B.
It established a permanent border between Arizona and New Mexico.
C.
It established a neutral territory between the United States and Mexico.
D.
It provided the land necessary for a southern transcontinental railroad.
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D. It provided the land necessary for a southern transcontinental railroad.
The Gadsden Purchase (1853) bought a strip of land from Mexico (southern parts of present-day Arizona and New Mexico) primarily to secure a practicable southern route for a transcontinental railroad and to settle lingering border issues after the Mexican–American War.
The Gadsden Purchase (1853) bought a strip of land from Mexico (southern parts of present-day Arizona and New Mexico) primarily to secure a practicable southern route for a transcontinental railroad and to settle lingering border issues after the Mexican–American War.
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