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Gadsden Purchase

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Gadsden Purchase

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land purchase from Mexico by the United States

Key facts

1854
76,768 km (29,640 sq mi)
Type
Federal republic
March 4 1853 march 4 1857
Franklin Pierce
Historical era
Westward expansion and Manifest Destiny
Mexican american war
1846–1848
Treaty drafted
30 December 1853
Treaty approved by u s senate
April 25, 1854
Treaty in effect
8 June 1854

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
treaty
Located in
Arizona
Image
Gadsden Purchase 1953 U.S. stamp.tiff
Participant
Mexico
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point in time
1853-01-01
signatory
James Gadsden
Commons category
Gadsden Purchase
inception
1853-00-00
language of work or name
English language
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Encyclopedic overview

Today part ofUnited States Arizona

New Mexico

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gadsden Purchase” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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