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 Gadsden Purchase By Sarah Cho 

Short clip about the history of Gadsden Purchase! **
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Questions: ** The Gadsden Purchase was first finalized on December 30th, 1853. Then was edited and finalized again on April 25th, 1854.
 * __//1. What were the dates of the expansion?//__**


 * //__2. Give a brief explanation of how and why the U.S. acquired the territory. Include discussion of conflicts that arose as a result of this expansion.__//**[[image:transcontinental_railroad-c.jpg width="395" height="239" align="right"]]

The Gadsden Purchase was buying the Mexican land for 10 million for 29,670 square mile. This land later became part of Arizona and New Mexico. The U.S. acquired the territory because it was able to provide land for the southern transcontinental railroald and solve the conlficts after the Mexican-American war. In 1848, the Mexican Government demanded that United States should protect them from the Native American attacks, however, when the Mexican government said that they must be repaid, the United States clearly said that the treaty does not include payments. Thus making conflict between the two, for land and money. Also, at the same time, the United States needed land for the expansion of the transcontinental railroad. Thus, this was a good time to buy the land.

The ruling government did not care much about it since the South Carolina Railroad company was one of the companies that was most sufficient and contributing to the society as a whole. Even for this treaty, the government were the ones who helped James Gadsden to earn that land.
 * __3. Did the ruling governments of the territories approve of the deals? Why or why not?__**

__**4. What was the impact on the inhabitants of the territory?**__



The impact on the inhabitants of the territory was immense, although there weren't as many people living there. The United States had a treaty that said that they will protect the Mexicans, so there was no way to even destroy some of the people there. However, the impact that the people got was getting their homes and businesses destroyed because the railroads had to be built. Due to this railroad, many lost their jobs, thus leading to more number of people with no work. There were many protests, and people started to blame this on the Mexican president, Santa Anna, and was killed as well.

__**5. What was the effect this expansion had on the U.S.? Consider the following topics when answering this:**__

Due to the expansion of Gadsden Purchase, more people came to that land because it was a main stop of the railroad. Due to this, the technology around there improved tremendously, and was able to stand out as one of the most improved cities. However, the human population there grew, and the way of life of those people started to change a little.

__**6. Overall, was the addition of this piece of land positive or negative? Consider all parties involved when developing your answer to this question.**__



The addition of this piece of land was negative. For the Mexicans, it was a positive treaty to be signed since they were receiving money that could be spent on the financial status at that time. However, this lead to the loss of Santa Anna's presidency and meeting death in the Caribbean due to the Treaty he had signed. This show how hard for the Mexicans was when they lost the huge amount of land they owned. For the Americans, there were more positive views of this treaty, but some of the points are negative. This Treaty did not last long due to the dispute. Also, if they had waited, then they might have been able to attain more land than the land they acquired by Gadsden Purchase. Then that could have become the borders of today's world.

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