Posted by 4Heather on November 24, 2009 at 10:11am
Today Stacey and Tony presented on species extinction. Nelson would have been a part of this but sadly, he quit the class.Tony informed us that the gazelle, found in Africa and Asia is endangered, along with creatures such as pandas, and eagles.I lea
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Monday- No SchoolTuesday- AbsentThursday: We figured out our topics for chapter eleven then Mr. Bruns told us what each one was about.He talked about Wilson's positives. He passed the clayton anti trust act.Strikes,boycotts,picketing etc. became lega
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Posted by 4Danielle on November 23, 2009 at 10:20pm
the uss maine sunk in the havanah harbor because of an explosion, it was either internal or by a mine it sunk on February 15, 1898. A couple months later, along with the treaty of paris, cuba was apart of the u.s.The Teller Amendment was enacted on A
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The causes of World War One are intricately woven into a tangled mess of uncertainness, mistrust, betrayal, and revolutionary ideas. Historians today are still undecided as to what the complete cause of the war was. There are four big categories of c
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I did my blog on the Spanish-American war. We lost our internet connection in class so i couldnt publish my blog. For notes on the spanish american war. Check out my blog. SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
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How many of us know how the Alaska, a vast area of land and resources far in the north, came into possession of America and how it then became a state? I have to admit that before we were assigned to do our Chapter 10 blogs, I hadn’t the slightest in
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The Christmas Truce: Only after four months of World War I it was named the bloodiest war in history. December 25 1914, after sitting through harsh winter weather, the British and the Germans came together to celebrate Christmas without any fighting
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Today we are starting Chapter 10 blog discussions.Why did the US staty isolationist until the late 1800's? Trying to stay out of other countries problems.1. We wanted to avoid foreign wars.2. We had a weak army and navy3. We had to build up the US fi
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World War 1 started in 1914. Britain and France were already deep into the fighting by the time the US joined in. To increase our chances of winning the war, the US became an ally with Britain and France. President Woodrow Wilson did not like to defi
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BackgroundFranz Ferdinand was born a super super long time ago, on December 18, 1863 in Graz, Austria. He was the oldest son to Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria. Apparently his first name is Franz, not Archduke. Franz Ferdinand was an Archduke of Aus
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Today we continued our blog talks. First Bre talked about how we got alaska. We got Alaska by purchasing it from russia.Then Jenna talked about puerto Rico. We got them after the Spanish american war and they still arent a state because tehy are afra
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Today in class we continued with our blogs.Discuss how the US acquired Alaska.We purchased it from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. Alaska gave us a lot of natural resources such as oil, lumber, and gold.We got Puerto Rico as a result of the Spanish A
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bre went and did alaska. and then i did mine, puerto rico.Discuss how the US acquired Hawaii and Alaska.alaska-oil and gold, natural resources/ William Seword, best purchases we made. let us surround where britain colonizedDiscuss the effects of the
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Chapter 10 DiscussionsPurchase of Alaska-Russia and Great Britain were having problems. Canada didn't want anything to do with Alaska because it was just a bunch of snow and ice. Alaska was purchased by the United States and became a state in 1959. P
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US Control of Puerto Rico- After Spanish American War military controled it for a while then the Foraker Act got rid of military rule and made it in controled by the people there and the President of the U.S. Puerto Rico today is still ours, it's a c
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We talked about the purchase of alaska, the US believed in manifiest destiny in order to expand. After the civil war they bought for about 2cents an acre.Then Jenna talked about us getting puerto rico, it used to be spelt different, then our military
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Why did the US stay isolationist until the late 1800’s?1. we wanted to avoid foreign wars2. we had a weak army and navy3. we had to build up the US firsta. industryb. governmentc. internal improvements4. we had the slavery issued to deal with- CIVAL
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