Posted by 3Marielle on November 7, 2011 at 10:33am
Blog Discussion Day:Hannah--Filipinos Rebel: there was a Filipino/American war: the Americans were treating the Filipinos badly because of their skin color, so the Filipinos rebeledCharlotte: Panama canal took over 10 years to build, and costs up to about 4 million dollarsTara: Teddy Roosevelt created the Rough Riders, people good at shooting and horse back riding. The group that lead to Roosevelt becoming famousBrittany: US garanteed that there would be Cuban independence after the Spanish American warCarly: Queen of Hawaii-gained command when her brother committed suicide. She wasn't first in line, but her brother also died, so she became queen. She drafted a constitution, but it was shot down. She was arrested, for a reason that I couldn't hear, but she pleaded against whatever she was accused for. She tried to eliminate all of the American influence, trying to keep Hawaii separate from America.Zach W. : Major Battles of Spanish American war-we were supposed to take down the Cuban rebellion of 1895, and the rebels were tortured. McKinley was voted president in 1896. The Cubans agreed to all of the US's demands, but McKinley still told Congress to declare war on them in 1898
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