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50 years. The Louisiana Purchase was in 1803. And the Gadsden Purchase was in 1853. Many political and US business leaders believed the transcontinental railroad would begin in New Orleans and reach California. The Gadsden Purchase offered land by which the rail link would travel.
The objections surrounding the Gadsden Purchase compared to the Louisiana Purchase were intense in some parts of the US. Many people compared it to Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase. The former cost 53 cents per acre which was 18 times more expensive than the latter. To top it off, the size of the Gadsden deal was 27 times smaller.
As a price per acre, the Gadsden Purchase was 53 cents per acre. As an aside, this was was 18 times the price of the Louisiana Purchase.
Gadsden Purchase
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50 years. The Louisiana Purchase was in 1803. And the Gadsden Purchase was in 1853. Many political and US business leaders believed the transcontinental railroad would begin in New Orleans and reach California. The Gadsden Purchase offered land by which the rail link would travel.
Gadsden Purchase, 13 Colonies, Louisiana Purchase
The objections surrounding the Gadsden Purchase compared to the Louisiana Purchase were intense in some parts of the US. Many people compared it to Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase. The former cost 53 cents per acre which was 18 times more expensive than the latter. To top it off, the size of the Gadsden deal was 27 times smaller.
As a price per acre, the Gadsden Purchase was 53 cents per acre. As an aside, this was was 18 times the price of the Louisiana Purchase.
James Gadsden
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None. The Gadsden purchase was pressured upon Mexico by Gadsden himself.
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1853, at the Gadsden Purchase.