Today we went over blog discussions.the Panamal Canal was created to save time which is, of course, money. it is a lock canal. it's 48 miles long and connects the atlantic ocean and the pacific ocean. 309.6 billion tons of material is transported. There was a canal that was started by the French. but it wasn't complete. 1903 they signed a treaty to claim the panama. the french didn't finish it mostly because of disease. it took about ten years to build. 1999 it went back to panama. the US controlled it for almost 100 years. it was built in two different stages, and land slides delayed it a lot.Cuba wanted independence so we were allies with the Cubans to fight the Spanish.rough riders- a group of soldiers who would volunteer to fight in cubathey were gathered in 4 states. they were a lot like cowboys,causes and reasons of the Spanish-American war: spanish didnt treat cubans well so we wanted to help them out. spain sank a US battle ship- the Mainegetting Alaska- it was purchased. originally Alaska Territory. 7.2 million dollars from Russia. People thought it was a stupid buy because it was just snow.anti-imperialist league- organization formed in 1898. it was a group that was against america adding the phillipine's.Mark Twain - born november 30 in Florida, Missouri. the town only had 21 houses. his real name was samual. had a son who was sick. He dropped out of school and opened a business. He went to a camp and told a story about a jumping bull-frog and because so many people liked it so it was published.we did notes over chapter 10 again.diplomacy- how we deal with other countries.spheres of influence- stronger countries have a lot of influence over weaker countries.protectorate- a stronger country protects or controls a weaker country. an example would be Cuba became a protectorate of America after the Spanish-American warArbitration- trying to settle things peacefully instead of war or settlement of dispute by a third partyold diplomacy- 1790 roughly-1900noninterventionist- the US did not intervene in foreign affairs, especially Europe's.
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