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What is the name of the U.S. acquisition of a southern strip of land in Arizona and New Mexico in 1853?

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This acquisition was known as the Gadsden Purchase, 1853-1854. This treaty was finalized in 1854. The United States paid Mexico $10 million for a parcel of land that later became part of New Mexico and Arizona.

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