TB2: It was intended to be used as a route for a future transcontinental railroad, and also served to clear up border disputes that had arisen from the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.
TB2: It was intended to be used as a route for a future transcontinental railroad, and also served to clear up border disputes that had arisen from the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. Named after an American ambassador to Mexico, it consisted of land roughly south of the Gila River and west of the Rio Grande in southern Arizona and New Mexico. For 10 points, identify this area, acquired by the Pierce Administration in 1854 at a cost of $10 million for almost 30,000 square miles?
TB2: It was intended to be used as a route for a future transcontinental railroad, and also served to clear up border disputes that had arisen from the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.
{Gadsden Purchase}