spaced out. dunno what we're taknig about. some kind of interview....the history of veterans day. hope thats not an assigned blog. a written interview. so...i guess...it is assigned. hm. well, he'll talk about it again later, like tomorrow or something.
so today we're blog discussing today, yet again. also going over the ch9(progressivism) &10(imperialism) test which will be sometime...this week i think.
picking up with #12, then returning to #17, skipping #16.
12) Major generals and battles of the Spanish American War
San Juan Hill battle made Teddy Roosevelt famous....Teddy Roosevelt lead the Rough Riders, a calvary unit of cowboys/athletes/etc. up Kettle Hill and then on to San Juan Hill...or something like that. It was the bloodiest battle of the war. Admial Sampson was head of the navy at the time, and they did a very good job by surrounding Cuba and destroying the Spanish fleet...naval arms race. on the other hand, the military wasnt so good. they had wool uniforms on a sort of tropical type island, and thus 2700 people died from lack of medical attention, food, or over-heating. only about 350 soldiers died at the hands of the spanish. so, the military was not ready for war.
Espanolish.
17) China's Open Door Policy and Box Rebellion
China was not taken over by european countries (like africa) thanks to usa's open door policy. because america felt left out of china (china had lots of potential, especially for trade). Secretary of State John Hay created the Open Door Policy: Said all countries could have free trade with china and also gaurenteed China's independence from European powers that be.
Boxer Rebellion- boxers were a secret society named the boxers by europeans because they used boxing for an excercise.....they rebelled because they felt the white people were intruding...wanted to rid their country of the "foreign devils". Backfired because their attacks gave european countries an excuse to try and take china over. Would ahve happened had USA not introduced the Open Door Policy (introduced simply because we wanted trading rights with china, didnt want european countries to have it all....selfish really, but achieved quite well)
18) League of Anti-Imperialists
during the age of imperialism- when powerful countries took over smaller countries either economically, politically, or physically.
league of anti-imperialists came about when the possibility of anexing the Phillipines after the Phillipine-American War. They said Imperialism was against American heritage because it went against previous traditions of isolationism, etc. said it would make them be too involved in foreign affairs and was against their morals. said it would cost a lot of money and put america at constant odds with other countries, causing more wars.
19) Panama Canal
US wanted the panama canal to exist because we wanted to get to south america faster, also to cut straight though the americas so ships no longer had to go all the way around south america to get to USA's western shore, etc. Idea was first mentioned in the 16th century in France, but didnt do anything about it until 1819. they authorized a company to build it and come up with the best possible route. Got permission from Columbia to build a canal in Panama (a colony of Columbia). first built the suis canal, which sort of failed because lots of people were dying of diesease. Then we came in and bought it from them for some millions of dollars...
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