Because the Revolution War
1853 by president Franklin Pierce. It was purchased by the United States from Mexico in 1853 for $10 million.
Just by canceling debt owed by Mexico. It was 10 million in 1853 dollars.
Gadsden Purchase (1853)
The Gadsden Purchase.
The Gadsden purchase was made in 1853. The Gadsden Territory was the southern parts of New Mexico and Arizona.
1853: With the Gadsden Purchase of 1853, the land acquisition that resulted in the area of the 48 contiguous states today was completed. Southern Arizona and southern New Mexico were purchased for $10 million and named for the U.S. minister to Mexico, James Gadsden.
1853: With the Gadsden Purchase of 1853, the land acquisition that resulted in the area of the 48 contiguous states today was completed. Southern Arizona and southern New Mexico were purchased for $10 million and named for the U.S. minister to Mexico, James Gadsden.
I don't think they did. But for $10 Million, Mexico did sell the Gadsen Purchase, which is the southern part of New Mexico and Arizona, to the US. This land was a more suitable route for a Trans-Continental Railroad than any more northern location.
It was bought so that America could further their Railroads
partly, not really most of it was gained through the Mexican war and the remainder was "bought" through the Gadsden purchase for 10 million dollars
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.
(1853) U.S. purchase of land from Mexico that included the southern parts of present-day Arizona and New Mexico; set the current borders of the contiguous United States (the U.S. states, minus Hawaii, Alaska, and commonwealth of Puerto Rico)