Question

The Gadsden Purchase did all of the following EXCEPT:

• A. Force the raising of tariffs.
• B. Demonstrated yet again to Northerners the role of the "Slave Power" exerted in the federal government in ways that did not benefit them.
• C. Lay the groundwork for a transcontinental railroad with a Southern route of New Orleans to San Francisco.
• D. Complete the contiguous continental expansion of the US.
• E. Solved border issues still remaining from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Force the raising of tariffs.

Force the raising of tariffs.