Question

Which was the last major land acquisition the United States mad prior to the beginning of the Civil War?

A) Mexican Cession
B) Gadsden Purchase
C) Adams-Onis Treaty
D) Louisiana Purchase

Answer 1

the Mexican Cession was the last acquisition that the us made prior to the civil war

Answer 2

B. The Gadsden Purchase was the last major land acquisition prior to the Civil War. In 1853, the ten million dollar purchase made by U.S. ambassador James Gadsden completed the continental U.S. as we know it. Initially, the strip of land was viewed as necessary for the completion of a southern trancontinental railroad. Eventually, the Southern Pacific Railroad was constructed here.