Posted by 8Brittany on November 4, 2011 at 10:35am
Blog discussion today. Monday blog discussion. WW1 project is due after we finish the ch. 10 test (2 weeks maybe).Panama Canal- They started building it in 1904 and finished in 1914. A lot of the workers got sick and either died or quit. In the country of Panama, canal is like a big water thing that is man made and has locks. The locks control the elevation to make the boat raise and go up hill. The canal was 51 miles long, the 1st year (1914) a thousand ship used it. The boats could only be 49 and 1/2 feet. Gave it back to Panama in 2000. Jonh A was the secretary of state at the time. We had to pay right to the land and had to pay $10 million. (Shenna, Catie, Connor, Chance, and Zach G.)Jordan-William Seward-US secretary of state under Lincoln. Alaska became a state in 1991 because of him.Alaska purchase. Alaska was first owned by Russia, it cost $7.2 million to purchase Alaska. At first people thought it was silly to buy Alaska. Later found gold and oil there. It was 2 cents an acre. The state of Alaska has more land area than, Texas, California and Montana combined. They had to bend the international timezone so the whole state was in the same time zone. Second to last state.(Zach W, Jaz, and Gabrielle)Hawaii purchase. Stanford Dole fist governor of Hawaii. Polynesian came to Hawaii 1,500 year ago. 2000 mile trip in canoe. The first protestant missionary came to the island in 1820. In 1893 american colonist overthrew the Hawaiian Kingdom. 75% of island wealth was because of sugar plant plantations. America agreed there would be no tariffs on goods from Hawaii.(Taran, Taylor, Carly, and Marielle)Queen Liliuokalani- Born September 12, 1838. She was adopted and had a bunch of siblings. Married John and wasn't happy with him. She was big on Hawaiian rights. She went to the royal school and was one of ten. She learned english at a young age. She was loyal to her husband and helped him out when he cheated on her. Was the last monarch/queen to rule over Hawaii. (Hannah, Morgan, and Tara)Charolette- President McKinely-was born in 1883. He was chirstian. Had a seat in congress at the age of 30Rough Riders- group of tough guys leader was Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy Roosevelt was a strong leader.Got them from cowboys, because the were already in shape and could ride. San Juan hill was their first battle.(Trey and James.)Melissa-U.S.S Maine-laid on the bottom of the Havanna harbor until it was retrieved.Many of the ships pieces were saved as keep sakes.
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