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What was the name of the act that allowed the US to obtain the land in southern Arizona?
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The Gadsden Purchase.
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What was bought from Mexico for 10000000 dollars to obtain land for a railroad?
The Gadsen Purchase (1853), which included southern New Mexico and Arizona.
How were settlers able to obtain land in the new territory of Arizona?
They were seeking their fortune.
What land was gained in Gadsden purchase?
It included today's southern New Mexico and Arizona.
What is the name of the U.S. acquisition of a southern of land in Arizona and New Mexico in 1853?
The Gadsden Purchase.
What states are part of the Gadsden purchase?
The Gadsden Purchase saw the purchase of land from Mexico by the United States. Most of the land acquired from this purchased exists in southern Arizona just below Phoenix. The remaining land exists in New Mexico.
What did Franklin Pierce purchase as president?
The Gadsden Purchase from Mexico was made while Pierce was President. The land purchased is now part of southern Arizona and southern New Mexicon
What strip of land Mexico southern edge of the present day state of?
New Mexico and Arizona, known as the Gadsden Purchase (1853)
What was the land purchased in the Gadsden Purchase used for?
The land in extreme southern New Mexico and Arizona south of the Gila River which was bought from Mexico was purchased by the United States in 1853 to ensure territorial rights for a southern railroad route to the Pacific Coast.
The southern colonies had rich land and mild climate and the effect of this was that?
The southern colonies had rich land and a mild climate that allowed for a strong farming community, including the production of tobacco. The effect of this climate was economic growth and stability.
What land was purchased that established the boundary between Mexico and sotherwestern US?
The Gadsden Purchase in 1853, including southern New Mexico and Arizona.
What is the name of the U.S. acquisition of a southern strip of land in Arizona and New Mexico in 1853?
The Mesilla or Gadsden Purchase. See related questions.
What was the last bit of land added after the mexican war?
The Gadsden Purchase (1853), which involved the Mesilla Valley in southern Arizona and New Mexico.
