Just by canceling debt owed by Mexico. It was 10 million in 1853 dollars.
Gadsden Purchase
The United States paid Mexico 10 million dollars for the Gadsden Purchase, which included about 29,670 square miles of territory in what is now southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. The purpose of the purchase was to acquire land for the construction of a transcontinental railroad.
Gadsden Purchase (1853)
James Gadsden (1788-1858) qualifies as such.
partly, not really most of it was gained through the Mexican war and the remainder was "bought" through the Gadsden purchase for 10 million dollars
It was bought so that America could further their Railroads
The Gadsden purchase was made in 1853. The Gadsden Territory was the southern parts of New Mexico and Arizona.
Only Mexico City (21.16 million) qualifies as such.
The Gadsden Purchase, in 1853, was a part of Northern Mexico that was bought from that country at a price of $10 million. The land was originally bought in order to have a transcontinental railway system built from New Orleans to the US west coast.
The Gadsden Purchase, in 1853, was a part of Northern Mexico that was bought from that country at a price of $10 million. The land was originally bought in order to have a transcontinental railway system built from New Orleans to the US west coast.
The United States, under the leadership Of President James Polk, paid Mexico $15 million for California and a large area comprising roughly half of New Mexico, most of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo also established the Rio Grande as a boundary for Texas.