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It was good land to build railroad tracks on.
It was good land to build railroad tracks on.
James Gadsden
None. The Gadsden purchase was pressured upon Mexico by Gadsden himself.
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Gadsden Purchase
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The Gadsden Purchase.
The Gadsden purchase was made in 1853. The Gadsden Territory was the southern parts of New Mexico and Arizona.
The Gadsden Purchase was 29,670 square miles that was added to the US in 1853/1854.
The Gadsden Purchase was purchased as a southern transcontinental railroad route that didn't need to go over the Rocky Mountains.
Mexico.