U. S. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis had sent Gadsden to negotiate with Santa Anna for the land. Davis valued it, as others did, as the perfect tract for the construction of the
southern transcontinental railroad. The railroad line would connect western territories to
the cast and north, greatly increasing the accessibility of these new lands.
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support settlement of U. S. territory gained through the U. S.-Mexican War
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encourage commerce among U. S. states formed from the Louisiana Purchase
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According to the excerpt above, the Gadsden Purchase was intended to -
allow the United States and Mexico to share railroad construction costs
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encourage the sale of U. S. government land in Florida

Read this passage: the president has asked congress to consider a new antiterrorism law. the law would give law enforcement agencies more freedom to monitor suspected terrorists' phone calls, text messages, and internet usage. the law's supporters claim that it is an essential tool to keep americans safe from terrorism. its opponents claim that it infringes on their civil liberties by stripping them of the right to privacy. which action would the party opposing the president most likely take to resolve this issue? a. encourage its members to publicly attack the law to sway public opinion against it b. begin a campaign to have the president removed from office because of his proposal c. take the matter to federal court to prevent the party from having to support it d. demand that public safety issues be left to the states rather than the federal government (apex)