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 * ~ Year ||~  ||~ Which area? Size? (be specific) ||~   ||~ Name & how was the territory gained. ||~   ||~ Peaceful or Non-Peaceful ||
 * 1853 ||  || Small strip of land in southern Arizona ||   || Gadsden Purchase: Purchased from Mexico for $10 million ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1803 ||  || Louisiana Territory, 828,000,000 square miles; stretching from Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. ||   || Louisiana Purchase: Purchased from the French for $15 million ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1818 ||  || Small part of present day states of Minnesota and North Dakota ||   || Red River Basin: Treaty between Britain and America in which America recieved the land due to the Treaty of Ghent ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1819 ||  || State of Florida ||   || Florida Treaty: Purchased by paying $5 million to the Spanish and forfeiting Texas ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1845 ||  || The Republic Of Texas: Including the present day states of Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming ||   || Texas Annexation: The Republic of Texas became part of America after war with Mexico ||   || Non-Peaceful ||
 * 1846 ||  || Oregon Country: Including the the modern-day states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, as well as portions of Montana and Wyoming ||   || Oregan Treaty: Britain and America agreed to divide the country at the 49th Parallel ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1848 ||  || Present day states of California, Nevada, and Utah, as well as portions of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming and Texas. Large Chunk of land ||   || Mexican Cession: Texas would become a free country and America was given a large chunk of land for the price of $15 million ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1867 ||  || State of Alaska ||   || Alaska: Purchased from Russia for $7.2 million ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1898 ||  || State of Hawaii ||   || Hawaii: Samuel Dole deposed the queen of Hawaii and asked the president to annex the island. The president at that time refused but the president after him did. ||   || Non-Peaceful ||
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