On this day we started with blog discussion from a couple weeks ago. We started with the Panama Canal. A deadly disease was malaria (bitten by mosquitoes). Many workers died. There are several locks in the canal. It is 51 miles long. Getting control was difficult. William Seward, the Secratary of State for Lincoln and Jackson. 7.2 million dollars spent on getting Alaska. Couldn't get the treaty right away. Took a few years but they ended up getting it. People didn't really believe in Seward. Alaska was the 49th state to join the union, with Hawaii being the last in that same year. Sanford Doal and Palmyra Atoll were the big ones who had a lot to with the forming of the state. Lilywakalawne (? on spelling) was the queen. Married John Owen, governor of another island. Went to royal school when she was young, one of 10. Very loyal. Worked hard to save Hawaii. Spain was the first believed discoverers of Hawaii, but it is not entirely sure that they did it. Hawaii was famous for its sugarcane. McKinley was the son of an iron company owner. Fought in the war. Was assassinated as president. Rough riders were cowboys of sorts, athletic, in shape, could fight in the Spanish-American war. San Juan Hill Battle put Roosevelt in the spotlight for his work. Volunteer fighting group. Lone Cavalry group in the war. U.S.S. Maine was a navy battleship went to Havana, Cuba during the fighting. She exploded in the harbor and killed over 200 people. People thought Spain blew up the ship, but it wasn't true. It was internal, so it was an accident. Drug it out of the harbor and sunk to the bottom of the ocean. Remember the Maine, to hell with Spain! was the battle cry.
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