Blog discussion day.
Topics:
- taking alaska
- william seeward persuaded US to buy alaska from russia.
- cost 7.2 million to buy
- joined into the US in 1959
- americas desire for millitary strength
- saw that other countrys were stronger in their millitary
- hawaii
- last state joined to the US
- Boxer rebellion
- group of chineese people who did martial arts
- they thought they couldnt be hurt by bullets
- sent like
- spanish american war
- cuba was fighting for independence from spain before we got involved.
- we wanted to help cuba becuase they were important to our trade.
- US sent 100,000ish troops
- helped cuba gain independence
- Treaty of Paris
- ending of the spanish american war
- Open door policy
- has to do with the boxer rebelion
- spanish american war
- mostly fought in cuba
- we won, got cuba
- a cuban guy
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