Today we finished up blog discussions and then mr.bruns has to touch up on a few things. The US bought the Panama Canal area from France. But columbia refused to let us finish it. The Panama Canal took 10 YEARS to finish! 5,600 workers died building the Canal. The Canal Cost 380 million $s to build. The Phillipines wanted independence. The war against them costed 400 million dollars which was more than the US bought it for. We helped the Phillipines modernize their area, they were invaded by the Japanese during World war 2, but we fought and got them back and gave them independence. Woodrow Wilson didnt like mexico, They took US soldiers captive but we almost went to war with them. They got a new president that we liked more.
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