Today we are discussing chap.9 blogs still, and then we are taking notes on chapter 10
and then we went to hon con and they wanted to weaken the power
2,000 missionary were killed in China
teddy Roosevelt won the Nobel peace prize
he got it by winning an agreement with the Russians
he received a gold medal, money, and diploma
he was the arbitrator between Russia and japan
Japan did well from not fighting in this war
Roosevelt ended the Japanese and Russian war
a lot of people wanted the panama canal because of safer, quicker, shipping and military uses.
Teddy put someone in charge of digging the panama canal,
the conditions for the workers were really horrible, it was dirty, unsanitary, and tons of people were dying from yellow fever caused by getting bit by an infected mosquito which were very thick by the canal
yellow fever was basically a death sentence back then
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