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In only 2 days, as of Tuesday, the 2013 Peace Prize winner(s) will be announced. 107 years earlier a politician by the name of Theodore Roosevelt was awarded the same prize. He became the first American and the first statesman to win the Nobel Peace
Assigned Blog #2
Roosevelt’s Rough Riders
During the Spanish- American War, a cavalry unit was created, called the First United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three to be created and the only one to see combat. The public quickly nicknamed them the R
Building the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal was complete on January 7, 1914. The canal cost Americans $375,000,000. It was the most expensive construction project in United States history during that time. It included costs paid to Panama, which were 1
Cuba was apart of Spain. Spain put on a whole bunch of rules onto Cuba, the Cubans did not like that and fled all around the U.S., mainly Florida. But at the same time the Cuban remained loyal to Spain. Also General Weyler, known as "The Butcher," w
Battle of San Juan Hill
In May of 1898, one month after the start of the Spanish-American War, a Spanish fleet docked in the Santiago de Cuba harbor after a quick voyage across the Atlantic from Spain. A superior U.S naval force quickly arrived after
Philippines, Philippine American War
The Philippine-American War started in 1899. The main cause of this war was when the Filipino people had a hard time getting their independence from the United States after the U.S. claimed the Philippines from Spa
Imperialism - Why do countries colonize? Expanding countries to get more power because they need more resources and income.
Militarism - a country needs a strong military to defend ourselves
Nationalism - loyalty and devotion of your nation
Diplomacy -
U.S. Purchase of Alaska
In the mid-18th century, the government of Russia had established their presence in Alaska. Russian America or the Alaskan territory belonged to Russia until roughly 1859, when they made an offer to the United States and the
Causes of Spanish American War
For my assigned blog, I will be talking about the causes of the Spanish American War. There are many causes, but I will be talking mainly about the USS Maine sinking, yellow journalism, and de Lome Letter. Fi
Taft’s Dollar diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy was the intervention of the U.S. in countries that had unstable financial problems and were vulnerable to the control of the European empire. It was used by Taft to keep countries in Central and South America t
Woodrow Wilson's Missionary Diplomacy
Just like we talked about in the class, Woodrow Wilson was taking a new diplomatic approach compared to what the Government used to do. Wilson was a Christian man and that was a part of the way he acted as a presi
U.S. Taking of Hawaii
The overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani started when she proposed the 1893 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii. This constitution would give the Monarchy more power, and would also make it so European and American residents could
The construction of the Panama Canal was started on New Year's Day of 1881, but was stopped just a few years later due to many of the workers dying because of disease, and there were also engineering flaws. The project was resumed, in 1904, and finis
The Boxer Rebellion
The boxer rebellion in Northern China started in 1898. It was started in Shantung. It was a group of poor people in china that practiced getting athletic and boxing. They believed that it would make them invisible to bullets.
My topic: Roosevelt Corollary and Monroe Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine-http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Monroe_Doctrine.aspx, http://history.state.gov/milestones/1801-1829/Monroe
In 1823, President James Monroe issued it. This doctrine proclaimed that the
Three months, two weeks, and four days. A total of 3,289 American lives were lost. What other tragic occurrence could this be besides a war? The Spanish- American war was fought over yellow journalism, De Lôme letter, and a malfunction .
The first cau
US Purchase of Alaska
In 1867 William Seward (the Secretary of State) arranged for the United States to buy Alaska from Russia. But he had trouble persuading the House of Representatives to buy what they called “Seward’s Icebox” or “Seward’s Folly”.
