Today we went over blog discussions and we talked about the spanish american war.
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Today we continued blog discussions.
Blog Disscusion today!(:
Spain- American War. The USS Maine sinking. The Yellow Press. Butcher eyler and his treatment of Cybans in th econcentration camps. The De Lome Letter. Jose Marti's destruction of US property did it.
Imperilance.
Philippiness ar
MORE BLOG DISCUSSIONS
we did blog discussion today. some notes:
Key Topics:
Driving Idea: How did the US deal with the world in the late 1800's and early 1900's?
•Imperialism-Why do countries colonize?
•Militarism
•Nationalism
•Diplomacy
•Spheres of influence
•Protectorate
•Arbitr
Battles of The Spanish American War: Guam, The battle of Santiago, Battle of San Juan Hill( Teddy Roosevelt fought in this battle). Most of the battles were naval battles.
Famous People in the War: McKinley was President, Teddy Roosevelt(fought), Leon
Today we did Blog Discussion-
Alfred Mahan- Captain
*Old vs. New Diplomacy
*Main powers in the late 1800's
US purchase of Alaska - The Russians wanted to get rid of it. But it was a great purchase it was the 49th state. It was purchased for 7.2 million d
US purchase of Alaska -
- American bought it for 2 cents
- It was purchased in 1867
- We bought it from Russia.
- Russia had financial issues so they sold Alaska.
- 7.2 Million dollars
US taking of Hawaii -
- Originally had a king
- They had sugar plantations
- When the Kin
Ch. 9.1
-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals).- fostering efficiency, protecting social welfare, promoting moral improvement, creating economic; Newlands Reclamation Act. Meat Inspection Act
-What is prohibition? Why did people want
We bought Alaska for 7.2 Million dollars.
The united states was interested in buying Hawaii because of the sugar cane, and thought it would be easy to get.
Queen Liliuokalani wanted to get rid of voting regulations.
We annexed our way into Hawaii on Aug
talked about my assigned blog, and now other people are doing there assigned blogs:
-Us won: united states lost 3,000 people, got sick, (yellow fever) and not enough food. Cuban kind of got freedom.
-Us Cuba Control:
:its a dictator ship. anything Cuban
US purchase of Alaska - It was not a state til 1959. America purchased it from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. US taking of Hawaii - America wanted to buy Hawaii, because of the massive amounts of sugar cane. The King of Hawaii died, and his sister t
today we conditioned with our assigned blog presentations.
US purchase of Alaska - It was not a state til 1959. America purchased it from Russia for 7.2 million dollars.
US taking of Hawaii - America wanted to buy Hawaii, because of the massive amounts of sugar cane. The King of Hawaii died, and his sister
The building of the Panama Canal happened from 1903 -1914. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and also businessmen wanted to ship goods between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the project.
The Fren
Today we are talking about our blogs from two weeks again.
the treaty of Paris was signed and ended the war
The test continued today, it might be done tomorrow
Was absent.
Key Topics:
Driving Idea: How did the US deal with the world in the late 1800's and early 1900's?
•Imperialism- Country takes power over another.
Why do countries colonize?
•Militarism- Country having a strong military.
•Nationalism- Being proud of your c
