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Gadsden Purchase (dec 30, 1853 – dec 30, 1853)

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The United States bought land from Mexico what is now southern New Mexico and Southern Arizona. This benefited the southerners because they wanted to build southern transcontinental railroad.

Picture: This picture shows the land that the United States bought from Mexico.

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dec 30, 1853
dec 30, 1853
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