today we watched one of the groups videos for the project
then we moved on to blog discussion.. again.
we then took shots with bruns.
shots of nerds of course
3 ammendments under the wilson presidency- 17, 18, 19
17-
18- prohibition
19-
roosevelt's platform- the square deal- wanting to give everyone a fair deal
causes for imperialism in the late 1800s:
imperialism- one country goes out and takes colonies
taking control of areas you didn't have before
can be having control over them economically
russia- asia
germany- africa, asia
US- asian is.
France- africa, asia
japan- asia, china
great britain- asia, africa
italy- africa, med. sea
two countries- libera, ethiopia
as other countries were getting independence africa was being taken over
causes-
power and prestige (look up to you)
natural resources
land
refueling stations
naval bases
mckinley wanted to uplift, civilize, and christianize the asians (our brown brothers)
taking alaska-
william seward- russia- 1867
$ 7.2 million
many thought that buying the country was stupid
sewards ice box
used for military and navy training
not many moved there
uncharted
became charted
really slow for common people to settle
sped up wit discovery of gold which lead to gold rush
gold rush help ppl realize how cheap land was in alaska
1959 alaska became a state
many natural resources
huge purchase for the US
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