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For this weeks Assigned Blog I choose to do Russia. I choose Russia because I didn't know much about this country. The only thing I knew before researching Russia was that is was a large country in Europe, and that I liked how the people talked there
*Wie geht es? **Qu'est-ce que c'est? ***Pizza! Those are some phrases from the two most used languages in the prominent country of Switzerland. German (63.7% of the country speaks it) and French (20.4%), along with Italian (6.5%). For Mr. Br
For this weeks assigned blog we had to pick a country in Eruope and I choose the Czech Republic. The counrty of Czech used to be Bohemia. Czech was established in the 9th century as a small colony controlled by Great Moravian Empire. In 1918 the ind
War of the Caribbean began in Cuba in 1898 with a naval blockade, and resulting in the U.S gaining control over colonies of the Spanish in Pacific and Caribbean . It was one of the shortest wars fought. Admiral William T. Sampson set up the Spanish F
The Platt Amendment
The Platt Amendment allowed the United States certain concessions, including the right to indefinately maintain Guantanamo naval base in Cuba. This amendment stipulated the conditions for the withdraw of US state troops in Cuba
Poland
My European country is Poland. I thought it would be an interesting country to research and learn about. I do not hear very much about Poland and though I would try to learn more things about it.
Poland is an old nation th
Pancho Villa was born on 1877 in San Juan Del Rio. Many of you may know him by Fransico Villa, but his actual name is Pacho Villa. When he was sixteen years old; his sister was raped, and he killed the man who did it. He changed His name to
Sanford B. Dole born on April 23, 1844. He was a lawyer and jurist (dealing with the law) in the Hawaiian islands. He changed the Hawaiian government and culture while be leader of the Hawaiian islands. Father was Daniel Dole and he was princpal at P
Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio was the seventh of eight children who was born on March 23, 1869. His father was head of the town so they enjoyed riches and wealth. Growning up though home teachings, public school, and three years of college, Miong, a
The Open Door Policy started with the United States. The United States became an East Asian power once they gained control of the Philippine Islands. China started to become separated by European nations and Japan. This made this United States believ
Ireland
Ireland is the 20th largest island in the world. It is located just north-west of the main part of Europe. It is separated into two parts, The Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland which is a part of the United Kingdom. About 6.4 million
The European country I choose was Spain. The capital of Spain is Madrid.
The total area for Spain is 505,370 square kilometers. The climate is usually temperate with clear, hot summers and cold, cloudy winters. Some of the natural resources in Spain a
In 1867 William seaward persuaded the U.S. to buy Alaska from Russia. The cost to buy it would be 7.2 million and 2 cents per acre! Everyone thought he was crazy because he or noone else knew anything about alaska, besides the point that it was cold
The Platt Amendment of 1901 was appended to the Army Appropriations Act presented to the US senate by Orvill H. Platt (Conneticut Republican Senetor). The amendment stipulated the conditions for the withdraw of US state troops in Cuba at the end of t
Foraker Act
The Foraker Act, more widely known as the Organtic Act of 1900, became a federal law when President William McKinley signed the act. Since Ohio Senator, Joseph B. Foracker sponsored it, it became the "Foracker Act," on April 12th, 1900. T
I chose Norway for my Europe Country to reasearch, mostly because I didnt know much about it and wanted to learn more. I found a lot of interesting facts, places, and vaction spots during my reasearch which made the reasearch prosess a little easier.
Jenna Matson
Austria
Austria is located in the southern hemisphere. For this reason it is sometimes referred to as “Down Under.” This country is about 32,377 square miles, and is bordered by Czech Republic, German, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, S
The Mexican Revolution started in 1910, with the uprising of Francisco Madero, and thought to have ended in 1920 with minor battles into the 1920's. Though fought mostly within the Mexican population, the U.S did get involved in the war…
The newly formed Cuban government wrote a constitution for Cuban independence in 1900. The constitution did not specify the relationship between Cuba the the United States. In 1901 the U.S. insisted that Cuba should add several provisions to their co
