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 America had a large role in creating the canal. This is due to the fact that they are the reason that Panama became a country after they took it from Colombia. After helping Panama to gain independence they then took their land in order to have access to the canal. This canal helped the whole world because it connected the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. I think it is very good that the US gained control of the canal but I also believe that they could have handled it better than they did. 

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This is the Panama canal, it connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. It is about 40 miles long and boats can go in both directions.

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The United States began to get involved in the Spanish-American war because they wanted to help Cuba gain independence from Spain. People from the United states took the USS Maine ship over to Cuba and it unfortunately exploded killing or hurting everyone on the ship. Yellow Journalism then convinced the majority of Americans that it was Spain who caused the explosion. This led to war with the Spanish and led to the United States winning the war and then gaining Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam. 

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When the war first started America wanted to remain peaceful and neutral. They made lots of economic growth due to the fact that they could trade freely with both sides. Although, they began to get pulled into the war when Germany began using unrestricted sub warfare and sinking ships without any warning, killing/wounding many Americans. The Germans continued to do this after promising and pledging more than once that they would stop. Another reason America was pulled into the war is due to the Zimmerman note, this was a note from Germany to Mexico establishing secret allies if America were to join the war. Lastly, another thing that helped to influence America to join the war is the Russian Revolution because America did not want to fight with a dictatorship and when they left during the war it made America more likely to ally with Britain. Finally when Germany pulled the last straw and sunk three more American ships President Wilson decided it was time to declare war.

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America aquired the Philippines in the Treaty of Paris. The Philippines had believed that America was trying to help liberate them from Spain and help them gain their independence, instead America decided to colonize them instead. This caused their country to get mad because they wanted their own freedom so they started the war. America fought back and the Philippines used their grounds as an advantage against us. After many soldiers and civilians died America won the war and continued to have the Philippines colonized until after WWII.

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This connects because in the image it is Teddy Roosevelt digging the canal and dumping it on Bogota symbolizing that he doesn't care about what they think. It is also showing that it is in favor of America because Roosevelt is much larger showing that he most likely is supposed to be more powerful/superior.

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Positive Impact: In this drawing I showed a postive impact of the Panama Canal. I showed boats going through the canal with money signs and a "trading" symbol. This is because the Canal made it much easier and faster to trade and travel which helped to bring in income.

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The location where this was fought.

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One of the main places where this war was fought.

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Most of WW1 took place on the Western and Eastern Fronts of Europe.

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The other main country where this war was fought.

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In 1914, trenches were quickly dug out parallel to each other. They would offer protection for the troops. As the war went on the trench systems became more complex making things much more convenient for the soldiers. Many soldiers were getting diseases like trench foot, trench fever, and shell shock. In the trenches they would often use rifles until machine guns were found to be much more affective.

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This was where the Battle of Somme took place, at this battle they used trench warfare and the number of casualities topped 1 million.

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The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting to develop a peace treaty at the end of the war. The "Big 3" countries that were included were Britain, France, and America. The US helped to come up with the idea of making the League of Nations which was discussed in President Wilson's Fourteen Points speech, this countries that joined would work together to stay at peace and if one country went to war the other countries would be there to help. France and Britain on the other hand wanted revenge on Germany, they wanted to eliminate their military, take their money, and take their colonies. By the end of the conference they created the Treaty of Versailles, this treaty was designed to cripple Germany militarily, territorially, and economically. The League of Nations also was becoming a thiing but even though it was President Woodrow Wilson's idea, America did not join due to the fact that they did not want to get pulled into more wars than necessary. America ended up signing our own sepereate peace treaties because we did not want to join the league of nations.

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This is where the Paris Peace Conference was held.

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This political cartoon was sent to the Americans to try and dehumanize the people in Spain and make the Americans want to join in the war. It was trying to make Spainards look like murderous animals/savages with blood on their hands which symbolizes guiltiness.

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In this cartoon it is showing Uncle Sam (U.S.) defeating a Filipino with a bayonet that says Liberty and Civilization. I think this symbolizes how after America helped the Philippines to gain independence from Spain, right after we Colonialized the Philippines instead of letting them have their independence.

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This political cartoon is showing how Uncle Sam is running into war, as you can see there is a hand trying to keep him back that says "peace" because the US wanted to stay neutral throughout the beginning of the war. Uncle Sam ripped away from peace and was running into the war.

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This political cartoon is just showing kind of what it was like to fight in the trenches, they would have to stand in dirty water for days which would cause dieseases like trench foot. This connects with America because the Americans would have to fight from the trenches as well.

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This cartoon shows Uncle Sam sitting next to the League of Nations Bridge leaning on the USA key stone. This symbolizes how if America didn't join the league of nations it would collapse (just like the bridge would without the keystone) due to the fact that America would basically be holding the whole group together.

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Positive Impact: During this war America gained lots of land. A negative impact was that this war led to the War in the Philippines.

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Negative Impact: There were lots of fatalities in this war. 200,000 Filipinos died and 5,000 Americans died.

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Positive Impact: America entered the war which led to a win for France, Britain, and America. Germany surrendered a couple years later.

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Negative Impact: During the Trench Warfare lots of the soldiers got very bad diseases which caused fatalities. Some diseases were Trench foot, Shell Shock, and Trench Fever.

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Positive Impact: France, Britain, and the US worked together to come up with a solution to make peace and find a way to make it so Germany could not start another war anytime soon. Germany was given military restrictions, they were asked to pay for certain reparations from the war, and a lot of their land was taken which prevented them from starting more fights in the future.