Question

According to the excerpt above the Gadsden purchase was intended to

Answer 1

Answer: support settlement of U.S. territory gained through the U.S.-Mexican War.

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Answer 2

The Gadsden purchase/treaty was made possible in order for the United States to own more than 29,000 square miles in Mexico in 1854. This ultimately became Arizona and New Mexico in this very day. It also provided transcontinental railroads after the said purchase.