Answer:
Option: d. advanced the cause of a southern route for the transcontinental railroad.
Explanation:
In 1853, James Gadsden bought a strip of land from Mexican for $10 million. The Gadsden Purchase was a treaty in which the United States got some land from Mexico present Arizona and New Mexico. The purpose of this land was to build a railroad to California called the southern transcontinental railroad.
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