James Gadsden, a South Carolina politician, was sent to South to buy land from Mexico. The Mexican leader at the time, Santa Anna, agreed to sell him some land. It was 30,000-square-mile strip of land that is now Arizona and New Mexico, also including the city of Tucson. In 1853 Mexico accepted $10 million for the territory, and this became known as the Gadsden Purchase.
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