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The Gadsden Purchase of 1853, named for ambassador James Gadsden, was for a strip of Mexican land which the US bought in order to build a transcontinental railroad through it and to settle some of the border issues between the US and Mexico.

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What was territory called between Mexico and us called when purchased from Mexico?

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When Mexico lost the Mexican American War they had to give up half their territory for 15 million dollars what was this called?

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