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The Gadsden Purchase allowed for the southern transcontinental railroad to be built
The Gadsden Purchase allowed for the southern transcontinental railroad to be built
The Gadsden Purchase of 1854
The Gadsden Purchase was the purchase of about 30,000 square miles of land from present-day Arizona and New Mexico. This purchase re-established the border between the United States and Mexico.
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