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To build a transcontinental railroad along the Mesilla Valley.

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When did the US acquire the Gadsden Purchase?

December 30, 1853


What year did the US acquire the gadsden purchase?

December 30, 1853


What did the US acquire in the Gadsden Purchase in 1853?

Southern Arizona and part of New Mexico


What did the US acquire in the Gadsden purchase of the 1853?

Southern Arizona and part of New Mexico


Why did the us need a little bit more land from the Mexico?

You mean the Gadsden Purchase? The original objective of James Gadsden was to acquire land for a transcontinental railroad.


How did the US acquire Gadsden?

US bought it from Mexico.


What present-day states did the US acquire in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and Gadsden Purchase?

Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico. The Gadsden Purchase completed the southern borders of Arizona and New Mexico.


What made the US mainland reach it's present size?

Gadsden Purchase


What territory did the us and Mexico agree on the sale of?

None. The Gadsden purchase was pressured upon Mexico by Gadsden himself.


How many square miles was the Gadsden Purchase?

The Gadsden Purchase was 29,670 square miles that was added to the US in 1853/1854.


Which territory did the US pay 10 million dollars for the Gadsden Purchase?

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.


When did the us make gadsden purchase from Mexico?

1853