The Gadsden purchase
Gadsden purchase
The Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden purchase was made in 1853. The Gadsden Territory was the southern parts of New Mexico and Arizona.
Just one nation - Mexico.
1853
The Gadsden Purchase. Purchased to provide the Southern Pacific RR with a southern route across the Rocky Mountains.
None. The Gadsden purchase was pressured upon Mexico by Gadsden himself.
Arizona was acquired through the Gadsden Purchase in 1853, when the United States purchased a strip of land from Mexico for $10 million. This acquisition was intended to facilitate a southern transcontinental railroad and resolve border issues following the Mexican-American War. Prior to this, most of present-day Arizona was part of the Territory of New Mexico and California, acquired through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. The Gadsden Purchase finalized the U.S. boundary with Mexico and established the territory as part of the United States.
The Gadsden Purchase. Purchased to provide the Southern Pacific RR with a southern route across the Rocky Mountains.
In 1853, the United States acquired a significant portion of land through the Gadsden Purchase. This territory, which included parts of present-day southern Arizona and New Mexico, was purchased from Mexico for $10 million. The acquisition aimed to facilitate the construction of a southern transcontinental railroad and is named after James Gadsden, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico at the time.
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