What was the name of the final acquisition of land in the continental United States, completed in 1853 and involving the American purchase from Mexico of a strip of land south of Arizona and New Mexico for a southern transcontinental railroad?
A) the Trist Purchase
B) the Gadsden Purchase
C) the Taylor Purchase
D) the Pierce Purchase
Answer: B
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a. attack the Vatican. b. eliminate non-Fascists from the cabinet. c. dissolve opposition parties. d. smash the independent trade unions. e. suppress opposition newspapers.
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