{"id":11124,"date":"2017-08-23t12:16:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-23t19:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/?p=11124"},"modified":"2017-08-23t12:17:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23t19:17:17","slug":"gadsden-purchase-apush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/ap\/gadsden-purchase-apush\/","title":{"rendered":"gadsden purchase: apush topics to study for test day"},"content":{"rendered":"

what was the gadsden purchase? why did it cause so much controversy? you need to be ready to answer these gadsden purchase apush questions and more for the exam. here are some things you should know to prepare to answer these questions. <\/p>\n

what was the gadsden purchase?<\/h2>\n

americans negotiated the gadsden purchase (aka the gadsden treaty) with mexico. in the treaty, americans agreed to pay $10 million for about 29,670 square miles of land south of the gila river. thus, this land became the southern parts of arizona and new mexico. <\/p>\n

even though americans needed the land to complete the transcontinental railroad<\/a>. also, they hoped that the treaty would improve relations with mexico. <\/p>\n

unfortunately, the treaty caused major disagreements. however, the disagreement wasn’t between america and mexico; it was between sectional rivalries in the u.s. some believed that this was a stepping stone to taking over all of mexico. others worried that adding these states to the union would increase the number of slave (or free) states in the country. <\/p>\n

dates<\/h2>\n

negotiations started on september 25, 1853.
\nthe senate ratified the gadsden treaty on june 24, 1854.<\/p>\n

why is it important to know?<\/h2>\n

the gadsden purchase created the southern border of the united states. it helped provide the route to the west coast needed to build the southern transcontinental railroad. also, it opened the northwest territory for settlement. <\/p>\n

people\/events<\/h2>\n
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portrait of james gadsen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n