December 30, 1853
Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico. The Gadsden Purchase completed the southern borders of Arizona and New Mexico.
Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase was 29,670 square miles that was added to the US in 1853/1854.
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.
Gadsden Purchase of 1853
December 30, 1853
To build a transcontinental railroad along the Mesilla Valley.
Southern Arizona and part of New Mexico
Southern Arizona and part of New Mexico
You mean the Gadsden Purchase? The original objective of James Gadsden was to acquire land for a transcontinental railroad.
US bought it from Mexico.
Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico. The Gadsden Purchase completed the southern borders of Arizona and New Mexico.
The Gadsden purchase was made in 1853. The Gadsden Territory was the southern parts of New Mexico and Arizona.
Gadsden Purchase
None. The Gadsden purchase was pressured upon Mexico by Gadsden himself.
The Gadsden Purchase was 29,670 square miles that was added to the US in 1853/1854.
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.