Gadsden Purchase

American  

noun

1. a tract of 45,535 sq. mi. (117,935 sq. km), now contained in New Mexico and Arizona, purchased for $10,000,000 from Mexico in 1853, the treaty being negotiated by James Gadsden.

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Gadsden Purchase British  

/ ˈɡædzdən /

noun

1. an area of about 77 000 sq km (30 000 sq miles) in present-day Arizona and New Mexico, bought by the US from Mexico for 10 million dollars in 1853. The purchase was negotiated by James Gadsden (1788–1858), US diplomat

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Example Sentences

There’s no truth to the rumor, however, that he wants Mexico to return the $10 million we paid for the Gadsden purchase.

From Salon

Pierce, he noted, did authorize the Gadsden Purchase from Mexico.

From Washington Post

In 1853, the United States and Mexico signed a treaty under which the U.S. agreed to buy some 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico for $10 million in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase.

From Washington Times

On this date in 1853, under the terms of the Gadsden Purchase, the U.S. agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for 45,535 square miles of land below the Gila from the Rio Grande to the Colorado River.

From Washington Times

The border sliced through these lands first as a result of the Mexican-American War and then the Gadsden Purchase in 1854.

From Seattle Times