Prayer is allowed at New York county council meeting. The Supreme Court made a vote 5 to 4. 100 Nigerian girls were kidnapped. Boko Haram is the group that took all the girls and said the people can pay for the girls back.
When did US get control? 1867 from Russia
How did US get control? Russia wanted to sell its Alaska territory, which was remote, sparsely populated and difficult to defend, to the U.S. rather than risk losing it in battle with a rival such as Great Britain
Do we still have control of it today? What is it’s current status? Yes it became the 49th state of the US
- Location?
Spanish American War
With Spain
1898 3 months long
Splendid little war: Not a lot of deaths and not costly and we got a lot of land
We took over Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, and kind of Cuba
Guantanamo Bay our army base in Cuba
World War I
Trench Warfare
November 11 Veterans day when we celebrate
We were a breathe of fresh air
Winner to take colonies in Africa and Asia from Europe
It was land grabbing
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