Paid Mexicans $10 million USD. There was also a threat in the background, Mexico knew that if they didn't sell the territory, the US would start another war agains them. With no choice the money was taken and the territory was stolen, with the excuse that it was purchased.
The Gadsden Purchase.
The Gadsden Purchase is a region of Arizona and New Mexico. It was bought by the United States in a treaty signed by James Gadsden.
1853
Franklin Pierce was the US President when the Gadsden Purchase was made in 1853.
The United States received the states of California, Utah, and Nevada, as well as portions of New Mexico, Wyoming, Arizona, and Colorado as a result of the Mexican Cession. The Gadsen Purchase gave the southern portion of Arizon to the US.
to gain land for a railroad across the continent
To gain land for a Southern transcontinental railroad
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.
1853
Gadsden Purchase of 1853
The Gadsden purchase was made in 1853. The Gadsden Territory was the southern parts of New Mexico and Arizona.
The gadsden purchase.
December 30, 1853
to gain land for a railroad across the continent.
Gadsden Purchase, 13 Colonies, Louisiana Purchase