Question

This territory was acquired to build a transcontinental railroad

Texas annexation
Mexican Cession
Louisiana Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
Oregon Territory

Answer 1

Gadsden Purchase

Step-by-step explanation:

The Gadsden Purchase was the 1853 treaty that gave the land required for a southern transcontinental railroad in America. It also tried to settle disputes that continued after the Mexican-American War. The United States got land from Mexico to build a rail line in southern Arizona and New Mexico.