Went over map of US. Current Issues: talked about prayer in town council meetings and Supreme Court allowing it in New York Town Council. Girls were kidnapped in Nigeria by military group, and leader said he will sell the girls, people are trying to search for them and bring back the girls.
Imperialism: Explorers led the first Imperialism in Central America/South America. Happened in Africa, Asia, Latin America. Spanish American War- 1898 with Spain, lasted 3 months, very little deaths, not costly, got a lot of land out of it(cuba-kind of, Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines). WW1-1914-1918- celebrate ending on Veteran's Day, winner would take colonies in Africa, Asia, Middle East. Powers that we fought in WW1, Germany, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary. When did we get control? How? Do we still have it/current status? Location? Researched territories: I have Guam. We got Guam on December 10, 1898, by Treaty of Paris. Spain later tried to take over, but we regained control. They are organized, unincorporated territory of the US still today. Located in Pacific ocean above Australia.
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