December 30, 1853
December 30, 1853
To build a transcontinental railroad along the Mesilla Valley.
Southern Arizona and part of New Mexico
Southern Arizona and part of New Mexico
You mean the Gadsden Purchase? The original objective of James Gadsden was to acquire land for a transcontinental railroad.
Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico. The Gadsden Purchase completed the southern borders of Arizona and New Mexico.
In 1848 as a part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican American War followed by the Gadsden Purchase in 1853.
None. The Gadsden purchase was pressured upon Mexico by Gadsden himself.
Gadsden Purchase
The United States paid Mexico 10 million dollars for the Gadsden Purchase, which included about 29,670 square miles of territory in what is now southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. The purpose of the purchase was to acquire land for the construction of a transcontinental railroad.
The Gadsden Purchase, which allowed the US to acquire lands that include the southern regions of Arizona and New Mexico (also called the Mesilla Valley).