gadsden purchase

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What does gadsden purchase mean?

A region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States acquired from Mexico by the Treaty of Mesilla in 1854.

Where does gadsden purchase come from?

Named after James Gadsden, U.S. ambassador to Mexico.

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