This purchase was made to obtain a strip on land over which to build a trans-continental railroad to connect the rest of the US with California.
Gadsden Purchase
This is a trick question. The Gadsden purchase was a peaceful purchase made from Mexico, including southern Arizona and New Mexico. See related questions.
He was the US Minister to Mexico who made the Gadsden purchase. He was also a Southern railroad man with dreams of empire.
The Gadsden Purchase was 29,670 square miles that was added to the US in 1853/1854.
Mexico and the USA were involved in the 1853 Gadsden purchase whis added most of Arizona and New Mexico to the USA.
Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden purchase was made in 1853. The Gadsden Territory was the southern parts of New Mexico and Arizona.
This is a trick question. The Gadsden purchase was a peaceful purchase made from Mexico, including southern Arizona and New Mexico. See related questions.
He was the US Minister to Mexico who made the Gadsden purchase. He was also a Southern railroad man with dreams of empire.
James Gadsden
None. The Gadsden purchase was pressured upon Mexico by Gadsden himself.
Yes
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Gadsden
The Gadsden Purchase.
The Gadsden Purchase was 29,670 square miles that was added to the US in 1853/1854.
Mexico.