Gadsden Purchase agreement

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bilateral treaty international treaty land purchase agreement

The Gadsden Purchase agreement was an 1853 treaty between the United States and Mexico in which the U.S. bought a strip of land in present-day southern Arizona and New Mexico to facilitate a southern transcontinental railroad and finalize the continental border.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Gadsden Purchase	10
Gadsden Purchase agreement canonical	2
Gadsden Purchase Treaty	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ land purchase agreement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Gadsden Purchase agreement ⓘ surface form: Gadsden Purchase Treaty of Mesilla ⓘ
appliesToRegion	southern Arizona ⓘ southern New Mexico ⓘ
areaTransferred	approximately 29570 square miles ⓘ
borderClarification	clarified boundary along the Rio Grande and the Gila River in the affected area ⓘ
category	1853 in international relations ⓘ 19th-century treaty of the United States ⓘ United States and Mexico ⓘ surface form: United States–Mexico relations
country1	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
country2	Mexico ⓘ
effectOnMexico	reduction of Mexican national territory ⓘ
effectOnUnitedStates	expansion of United States territory in the Southwest ⓘ
historicalContext	post–Mexican–American War territorial adjustment ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalForm	treaty ⓘ
monetaryAmount	10000000 United States dollars ⓘ
namedAfter	James Gadsden ⓘ
predecessorEvent	Mexican–American War ⓘ
purchasedBy	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
purchasedFrom	Mexico ⓘ
purpose	to facilitate construction of a southern transcontinental railroad ⓘ to finalize the continental border between the United States and Mexico ⓘ to purchase a strip of land from Mexico ⓘ
ratificationYearUnitedStates	1854 ⓘ
ratifiedBy	Government of Mexico ⓘ surface form: Mexican government United States Senate ⓘ
relatedTo	U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ surface form: United States–Mexico border southern transcontinental railroad proposals ⓘ
result	Southern Arizona ⓘ surface form: United States acquired land in present-day southern Arizona United States territorial expansion ⓘ surface form: United States acquired land in present-day southern New Mexico established the modern United States–Mexico boundary in that region ⓘ
signedByRepresentativeOfMexico	Antonio López de Santa Anna ⓘ
signedByRepresentativeOfUnitedStates	James Gadsden ⓘ
signedIn	Mexico City ⓘ
signingDate	1853-12-30 ⓘ
signingYear	1853 ⓘ