Gadsden Purchase
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: New Mexico
- Date: December 30, 1853; ratified June 29, 1854
Article abstract: The Gadsden Purchase resolved boundary disputes between the United States and Mexico resulting from the Mexican War but ignored consultation with affected Indians.
James Gadsden was a South Carolina railroad promoter turned diplomat. On behalf of President James Buchanan, he negotiated America's purchase of 45,535 square miles of territory from Mexico for the payment of fifteen million dollars (reduced later to ten million). A block of land nearly the size of New York State, the Gadsden Purchase lies south of the Gila River, forming part of...
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