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Russell Alexander Alger: secretary of the war

John Milton Hay: One of President Abraham Lincoln's private secretaries during the Civil War.

Fitzhugh Lee: He was a graduate of the US military Academy. (1856)

Joseph Pulitzer:  he wanted to be a solider, h

We finally started to talk about our Chapter 9 blog discussions.
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 massi

Were talking about our blog discussions from two weeks ago today

political cartoons are still made today

Alaska harbors gold and oil,

therefore it is a very valuable asset to America.

John boll is the British uncle Sam

not a lot of people wanted Alaska at

Artwork and Architecture

• Calligraphy: means “beauty” and it is a type of visual art related to writing
  • Ex: Paper crafting
  • Arabesque: a form artistic decoration consisting of surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and geometri

12 Century

• Islam spread in Southeast Asia and there several Islamic Kingdoms started
• The way Islam spread into Southeast Asia was completely peaceful
• There weren't any Arab or Islamic armies that crossed the oceans into Southeast Asia
• The people of South

• 12th Century
  • Islam spread in Southeast Asia and there several Islamic Kingdoms started
  • The way Islam spread into Southeast Asia was completely peacfully
  • There weren't any Arab or Islamic armies that crossed the oceans into Southeast Asia
  • The people of So

Blog destitution talked about the Philippians  and Cuba and us taking over Cuba and giving them freedom.

The open door policy gave china there independence.

ISLAM

Artwork and Architecture

Calligraphy- means beauty and it is a type of visual art related writing

Arabesque- a form of artistic decoration consisting of surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and geometric figures.

Math

Artwork and Architecture

• Calligraphy – means “beauty” and it is a type of visual art related to writing; Ex. Paper crafting
• Arabesque – a form of artistic decoration consisting of surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and

Trade

-Trade Routes

• Took over the silk route to china and became the middlemen
• They controlled the routes between Europe and Asia
• Muslim trade routes connected Asia and the Mediterranean as they traveled, traders spread Muslim culture to Europe
• In Asia, t

Trade

• Routes
  • They took over the silk route to china and became the middlemen
  • They controlled the routes betweeen Europe and Asia
  • Muslim trade riutes connected Asia and the Mediteranean as they travled, traders spread Muslim culture to Europe
  • In Asia they

Julius Caesar was very good for Rome. He took over Rome. He killed Pompey and Crassus and he took his chance to seize control of the empire. Caesar beheaded and killed his opponents. He was charismatic and won over his people by persuasion. 

the Liber

Tina and Michael presented. Then we went over all of the key questions from Chapter 9 and started blog discussion fro Chapter 10.

Notes:

Trade:

Routes: They took over the silk route to China and became the meddlemen. They controlled the routes between Europe and Asia. Muslim trade routes connected Asia and the Mediterranean. As they traveled, traders spread the Muslim culture to