Today, in class, we got on the computers and started throwing down some shots...OF NERDS AHAHAH.
We did blog discussions and if you could answer a review question from what we covered just a day ago. I got a nice little box of nerds to complement my morning.
Mr. Bruns was forced to do presentations for people that took zero's on their blogs. Dumb. We talked about the powerful countries in Europe in the early 1900's, which were like Great Britain, France and Germany. Spain would be on the list, but it was slowly falling apart, as many of the countries in South America were getting independence. He talked about the war between Japan and Russia, where the huge racist Russia with European power lost to the Japanese in the early 1900's.
He also talked about the two countries that were set aside from being taken over in Africa--Liberia and Ethiopia. Mr. Bruns talked about why they wouldn't add another state, like Puerto Rico, because they don't want to mess with the nice even number of 50. He showed us his idea for a flag for the U.S.
Shannon talked about Taking Alaska. It was purchased from Russia in 1867. It cost a whopping 7.2 million dollars, which is actually quite cheap. It could also be tallied for 2 cents an hour. People thought it was stupid to buy land that wasn't even touching the US, not to mention it was all ice. It was initially used for military purposes. It took a lot of time for US citizens to settle in Alaska, but in 1890 when gold was discovered, it sped up. It became a US territory in 1912, and an official state in 1959.
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