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Arizona was acquired through the Gadsden Purchase in 1853, when the United States purchased a strip of land from Mexico for $10 million. This acquisition was intended to facilitate a southern transcontinental railroad and resolve border issues following the Mexican-American War. Prior to this, most of present-day Arizona was part of the Territory of New Mexico and California, acquired through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. The Gadsden Purchase finalized the U.S. boundary with Mexico and established the territory as part of the United States.

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