On this day we did blog discussions. Mine was over William McKinle, the 25th president of the U.S. who was assassinated. Other topics included Treaty of Paris, which ended the Spanish-American War, came into effect 5 months after it was signed,John Hay, who was a political friend to William McKinley,Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th president and war veteran of Spanish-American war as a rough rider,the statehood of Hawaii, which was the final state to become a part of the U.S. and was a positive thing for the Hawaiians,Boss Tweed, the boss of a political machine in New York and was arrested and sentenced to prison on over 100 counts of fraud,statehood of Alaska, which was the 49th state to become a part of the U.S., and the name comes from "mainland",Phillapeno's Rebel, the rebellion of the Phillapines against the U.S., which was originally controled by the Spanish but won by us after the war,Building of the Panama Canal, which took a decade to build and had many electrical problems with the motors, the destruction of an entire mountain chain because it was blocking the path, disease, jungles, landslides, defenses in case of attackings,Rough Riders, created by Teddy Roosevelt, many of them coming from the southwest part of the country, Generals of the Spanish American War, including Catlan, Albert, and Hay,Platt Amendment, which was a Declaration of Independence of sorts for Cuba, and the U.S. agreed to leave it alone warwise,Queen Lily, the last queen of Hawaii, and became queen after her brother committed suicide, was an activust for independence for Hawaii,Aguinaldo, a Phillapines leader who was very with taking independence for his country, he was also an ally during the Spanish-American war,Boxer Rebellion, a Chinese society that thought they could win control over China, and wanted to get rid of all foriegn influences, including our own and others in Europe and Asia, they even went as far as to try to kill any and all foreigners,Causes of Spanish-American War, which was mainly Spain vs. United States over debating Cuba's indepedent roles,John Hay's Open Door Notes, the American thought that Chinese struggles could effect us, and wanted open trading for China,and Major Battles of the Spanish-American War, including 1895 Rebellion attacks, U.S.S. Maine, McKinley's promises to free the Cuban people, French writer called McKinley "wanna be politician...weak".
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