Blogs

Went over map.Talked that we need a semester blog worth 10 points. 

Puerto Rico: got control October 18, 1898 from Spanish-American War, Spain granted Puerto Rico to be self-rule and then we took over, part of Treaty of Paris, current status is a Terr

Went over map. 

Puerto Rico- Spain thought they can take over themselves but we came in, they are US citizens , can't vote for president 

Alaska- bought from Russia in 1867 , they thought great Britain would try to take it over,7.2 million dollars, US

Went over North America Map and talked about the territories.

Alaska was purchased from Russia because they thought Great Britain would take it over

Puerto Rico wanted to become a state

The Queen of Hawaii was scared that she would die so she sold her country

She didn't want to have a war

Imperialism died after WWI

U.S Map. Finish Territory Discussion. Puerto Rico is in the Caribbean. We got control of it in October 1898. We got control of it because Spain kind of took rule over it. U.S citizens can go there without a passport and have U.S citizen rights. Last

Kennedy Assassination

We continued discussion on the US territories over the years. Then I got assigned Finding 1.

• • U.S. and North Korea- kim ill sung kim jong ill king jong un
• nuclear warfare scare
•  dennis rodman and basket ball 
• korean war we helped south korea when nk invaded sk and thue UN joins pushes them up and then china joins the nk ands it goes to the middl

Today we took notes on the Kennedy Assassination.

Bruns Notes on Kennedy's Assassination

• people were concerned about him going to the south because of the strong anti-black attitudes
• he decided to keep the bullet proof windows down this day because it was a beautiful day and he wanted the people to se

Today we finished with Kennedy.

Finished Kennedy Assassination.

John F. Kennedy 35th president 1961 -1963 born in Brooklyn mass wrote a book called why England slept Graduated from Harvard in 1940 served in WW2 was in the navy Democratic congress man advanced to senate The second youngest president Accompishments

JFK

Born in brooklyn

Yale-princton-harvard-abroad

came from a very wealthy family

Navy

Congress, seat in senate, 3 house terms

1960- won over nixon

well loved president

peace corps, bay of pigs, civil rights act, nuclear test ban, aiffars, white house restor

We talked about the Kennedy Assassination today. I took notes that are included here.  

Kennedy Assassination was discussed 

Lee harvey oswald acted alone

Report of the select committee on assassinations of the us house of rep.

1978 

said that jfk was probably assassination as a result of a conspiracy. The committee was unable to identify t

Harry Truman

• 33^rd president
• May 8^th 1884 in Lamar, MO-died December 26^th 1972
• Baptist
• Married June 28,1919
• Piano, avid reader, couldn't afford to go to college
• Give Em Hell Harry
• Poor eye sight 
• Ran against Thomas E. Dewey
• At the beginning he had 90% populari

i wasnt here

Absent

Went home sick