Stamp commemorating the Gadsden Purchase.
In preparation for the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, a large area of land was purchased from Mexico. This purchase became known as the Gadsden Purchase. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, sent James Gadsden (after whom the purchase is named) to negotiate a deal with Mexican leader Santa Anna. In 1853, Mexico agreed to sell a 30,000-square-mile area that contained what is modern day Southern Arizona and New Mexico. The purchase costed the United States ten million dollars.
The Gadsden Purchase provided the land through which to build the Transcontinental Railroad, paving the way for Manifest Destiny.
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