In 1854, the United States acquired land from Mexico through the Gadsden Purchase. This land become into two future US states Arizona and New Mexico.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The Mexican-American battle ended in 1848 with the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty. The main reason for this was the U.S. government wanted to expand its territory.
But the tension among the U.S. government and the Mexican government continued for the next six years.Thus the Gadsden Purchase finalized the tensions and an agreement was made between two governments in 1854.
The U.S. agreed to settle Mexico $10 million per 29,670 square mile part of Mexico. That became part of New Mexico and Arizona. Also, Gadsden’s Purchase granted the land requirement for the southern transcontinental railroad construction.
There are many differences in beliefs between the two parties,, but the main two are the following:
Democratic:
Supports programs to help immigrants gain citizenship (against the wall and ICE)
Believes that less money should be put into the military and more into education
Republican:
Against immigration,, even if against immigrants who have no criminal record (supports the wall and ICE)
Believes that there's enough money being put into education and more should be put into the military
there are more differences if you happen to need more,, but those are some of two main ones that are being fought about today. other big ones that are fought about are abortion, taxes, gay marriage,, and gun control,, and if you need any information about the beliefs between the parties on those topics let me know and ill gladly help you out with that.
let me know if you have any further questions
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