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Mexico for $10 million ||=  || Peaceful ||
 * My partner was Aurorita. :) **
 * ~ Year ||~  ||~ Which area (N,S,E,W)? Size? (be specific) ||~   ||~ Name & how the territory was gained. ||~   ||~ Peaceful or Non-Peaceful ||
 * 1803 ||  || Chunk of land below the Mississippi River bordering present-day Mexico. ||   || Louisiana Purchase: France was losing its war against the Dominican Republic and was on the brink of it with Britain. They decided to offer to sell Louisiana to the Americans for four cents per acre. The Americans paid $15 million. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1818 ||  || Small chunk of land from from the Oregon territory. ||   || Red River Basin: The US had signed and agreed to the Convention of 1818, so that they could settle some issues with the Treaty of Ghent, which had ended the war of 1812 just four years earlier. The Red River basin ultimatley became a part of states Minnesota and North Dakota. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1819 ||  || Small portion of land on the south-east coast of present day USA. ||   || Florida- The Americans rebelled against the Spanish sometimes. Neither side wanted war, so they signed a treaty. The Americans paid $5million for territory damage. ||   || Peaceful and Non-Peaceful ||
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 * 1846 ||  || Large area of land on the North-western coast. ||   || Oregon Country- The British and The Americans roughly divided the land in half. ||   || Peaceful ||
 * 1848 ||  || Huge chunk of land on the west coast. ||   || Mexican Cession- The Mexicans and Americans signed a treaty. Mexicans living in that chunk of land were permitted to become U.S. citizens. ||   || Peaceful and Non-Peaceful ||
 * = 1853 ||=  ||= Small strip of land in southern USA ||=   ||= Gadsden Purchase: Purchased from



(Christopher Columbus pictured above)

__Assignment 8__
Write a paragraph (at least 6 sentences in total) that explains what all the phrases mean and give an example from US history that illustrates each phrase.

Forced migration is the transfer of a population/group to another area. The Choctaw people in the U.S. were forced to move to the east of the Mississippi River. Forced assimilation is to forcefully spread ideas and trends to other societies. The Peyote Indians were not able to use the Peyote Cactus in their religious rituals. Cultural genocide is the massacre that killed a vast amount of people. The United States Army killed off the Sioux. Manifest destiny was where Americans believed that The United States would spread across the continent of North America. Politicians like Abraham Lincoln and George W. Bush advocated and presented this idea. Texas declared itself a separate state from Mexico and joined the United States.


 * = **Who** ||= **Date** || **Diary Entry** ||
 * = Kunte Kinte ||= May 1763 || 1. Life has slowly been transforming into something new for me. The day started out as normal. The goats were grazing on the lush, green grass when suddenly I noticed that a leopard had killed my she-goat! Looking upon this scene, instant panic shot into my brain and I was scared. I was scared but I still needed to do something, otherwise I would be deemed a coward. In order to act courageous, I shot at the leopard and scared it away. This did not fix the fact that our valuable she-goat was no longer alive and valuable. When I approached father later on in the village to deliver the bad news, I was indefinitely scared out of my wits. Father did get mad at me, but in reality he was just looking out for my best interests. My beloved parents have now sent me off to Manhood Training. I'm going to guess that the next few years will be very rigorous considering the journey over to the Manhood Training Camp was operated in a very rough manner. ||
 * = Kunte Kinte ||= Dec. 1767 || 3. What has Allah brought upon my people and I? Everybody of my kind is in misery. This is no way to be treated. We are human beings too. It is extremely macabre what is being done to the women on this ship. Being on this ship in the first place is unfortunate. We are all sick, throwing up and sweating heavily because of extreme heat and cramped space. I do not know what awaits me when this will be over. It is sinful to say this, but I hope that my life comes to an end soon. Hopefully, Allah will have mercy on me and take my breath away. It is disgusting that these arrogant white men think they have some authority over us! I am sick, and I want to go //home//. ||
 * = Captain Davies ||= Aug. 1767 || 4. So far, everything has been operating very smoothly. The ship is ready for the slaves, and so am I. It was shocking to see the conditions that these slaves are going to be living in. I can't help but feel just a wee bit sorry for the men and women we are going to capture. In my mind, I keep thinking that these are real crimes against humanity. Regardless, I am the captain of the ship and must carry on. This happens so often in our world so really, there is no need for myself to feel guilty. Mr.Slater is getting on my nerves at times with his gruesome language, and lack of manners. ||
 * = Mr. Slater ||= Dec. 1767 || 5. My excitement cannot be contained! I am living the good life now. Drinking the finest rum, having my ship workers happy, and best of all, I got a ship full of 170 niggers. Once I sell them, I will be make a fortune. Many of the niggers on this journey are strong and will be worth quite a bit in the market. Captain Davies claims this is a "Christian" ship and that we must not commit sin. Truth is, he doesn't understand. He doesn't know how to run a ship. Christianity must be briefly forgotten during this trip. I need to keep my workers happy. After all, they are human too and they got needs. It's going to be exciting to make yet //an////other// trip to the land to make an even bigger fortune! Boy, life is good. ||
 * = **Sample****(Kadi Touray)** ||= Aug. 1765 || My family and I are still on our way to Kerewan but I'm not sure how much farther we still have to go. Luckily, we accidentally met a local villager named Kunte Kinte who told me that it's one day to Kerewan. The interesting thing is how we met this young man. He knocked Fanta over and spilled our water and knocked over our millet as he was chasing a bird for his manhood training. He obviously needs to learn to run faster because I easily caught up to him and dragged him back to apologize to Fanta for knocking her over. After he clumsily put our stuff back, he bid us farewell and took off again after his bird. I did notice that Fanta gave our visitor a strange look. Perhaps she has been struck by the love arrow. If we do meet Kunte Kinte again, I will make sure he is the right man for my beloved daughter. ||
 * = **Sample****(Kadi Touray)** ||= Aug. 1765 || My family and I are still on our way to Kerewan but I'm not sure how much farther we still have to go. Luckily, we accidentally met a local villager named Kunte Kinte who told me that it's one day to Kerewan. The interesting thing is how we met this young man. He knocked Fanta over and spilled our water and knocked over our millet as he was chasing a bird for his manhood training. He obviously needs to learn to run faster because I easily caught up to him and dragged him back to apologize to Fanta for knocking her over. After he clumsily put our stuff back, he bid us farewell and took off again after his bird. I did notice that Fanta gave our visitor a strange look. Perhaps she has been struck by the love arrow. If we do meet Kunte Kinte again, I will make sure he is the right man for my beloved daughter. ||

__ Your World Assignment 2 __
What I found was the most interesting was rewinding back in time. It was surprising to re-visit the things that I only vaguely heard about as a child growing up. It also makes me think about how fast time has passed and change was brought recently to the world, and for myself. There are a lot of significant things that happen each year, and I got to review and evaluate the years 2000-2012.
 * 1) **Explain** one thing that you found most interesting or surprising while doing this project?

2.** Explain ** one thing you think you did well in this project? I think what I did well was labeling my map well, clearly and accurately. I do not think, and I hope that I did not misplace any of the continents, countries, or oceans.

3.** Explain ** one thing you think you need to improve if you were to do another project like this? One thing that I should definitely improve on is making my timeline a little neater. This is because I had a little trouble cramming events into the more 'recent' side of my timeline. My 'World' events and 'Personal' events were close to clashing, and I wish I could have fixed that.

4.Name at least ** two life skills ** you think you practiced during this project. How did you practice these life skills during this project? Be specific. I think I am now more geographically coordinated and I can manage my time well. Each class, I did a portion of my work with the given time and finished before it was due, and did not procrastinate.