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Cuba lies 90 miles off the coast of Florida in the Caribbean Sea. It was founded as a Spanish colony by Christopher Columbus. A blockade of Havana was set up when fighting had begun in Cuba.

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The Philippines were Spain's largest remaining colony. The United States wanted to strike a quick blow against the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay.

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The Philippines are a large group of island southeast of China. They were part of Spain. The United States prepared the Philippines incase war broke out so they were prepared.

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The canal went through Panama to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

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Roosevelt cut through Colombia to make the country of Panama to put his canal through.

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The sinking of the Lusitania took place in the Celtic Sea. The Germans sunk the ship.

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The Sussex sinking was coming from England and heading to France when it was sunk by Germany.

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Belgian Coast through northeastern France to Switzerland.

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Belgian Coast through northeastern France to Switzerland.

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Soldiers build Trenches on the Belgian Coast and through France and Switzerland.

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The Paris Peace Conference was held at the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France.

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Two events aroused American anger and led to war. The de Lome Letter was one reason why war started. The letter was addressed to a Cuban about the weakness of the president, causing Americans to be very offended. The Sinking of the USS Maine also angered the United States because it was believed to be sunk by Spain. The Spanish-American war then began. It only lasted a few months and the United States had won.

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Even though the war was sparked by Cuba, the first battle took place in the Philippines. At least two months before war started, the United States began preparing for battle in the Philippines. If war broke out, they wanted to strike a quick blow against the Spanish fleet in the Manila Bay. Just a few days after war started, the U.S. opened fire on the Spanish fleet, causing it to be completely destroyed.

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Roosevelt wanted to build a canal that connected the two most important oceans, the Atlantic and the Pacific. He didn’t know where to put the canal so he cut through Colombia and made the country of Panama to put the Canal through. Roosevelt made the canal without Colombia/Panama’s permission. The canal improved international trade and overall had a positive impact on the world. 

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It started with the sinking of the Lusitania in May of 1915. The ship was sunk by Germany and 1,200 were killed, 128 were Americans. Germany had promised to never sink ships without warning again. Not too long afterwards, a French passenger liner sank because of Germany. Germany again promised to not sink U.S. ships. But a year later, Germany sunk 3 more ships which was the last straw before the delcaring war. 2 months later, men were drafted and America was getting ready for war.

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Trenches were built for 2 purposes, fighting and housing. Trenches were very helpful but also dirty. Soldiers would often get trench foot from standing in the dirty water in the trenches. Soldiers could also get a disease called trench fever. It was caused by lice in clothing and rats feeding off of head bodies. Trenches were very deep and protective for soldiers. Soldiers would use periscopes to see over the trenches.

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The Paris Peace Conference was to discuss the Treaty of Versailles. The big 4, Lloyd George, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Georges Clemenceau, and Woodrow Wilson attended the conference. The Paris Peace conference was supposed to create good terms for the treaty. Instead, it failed to create a peaceful and lasting order.

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This cartoon is a great way to show America's involvement because during the war, American helped fight for Cuba and without their help, Cuba wouldn't have gotten their independence and the Spanish would've won the war. The cartoon shows American being the more powerful person defeating Spain trying to take over Cuba.

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This cartoon shows a great way of America fighting in the Philippines. It is a picture of American flags being taken down when they were planted in other countries. When the U.S. fought in the Philippines, they took over for a little bit afterwards, and same in Cuba. This is showing that American stuck around to countries they helped fight for.

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This picture shows Roosevelt digging straight through Columbia/Panama to create a canal. That is exactly what Roosevelt did. Without permission, Roosevelt dug through Columbia to connect two oceans to create a canal. The people living there weren't happy.

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This cartoon shows Germans sinking U.S. ships and cleary it is making American angry. The sinking of the ships was the main reason the U.S. joined the war so I think this cartoon represented it well.

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This cartoon represents trench conditions in a great way. Soldiers would often get trench foot from standing in the muddy, dirty water when it rained.

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This cartoon shows a soldier holding up the terms discussed in the Paris Peace Conference for Germany's punishment for war. This cartoon sums up the conference in an easy way to understand.

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One positive impact of the Spanish-American War was America ruling Cuba under a military government even after the war. It was positive because the government improved sanitation and built schools and roads.

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One negative impact of War in the Philippines was that after the war, America didn't let the Philippines have freedom and tried to force Christianity on them. America were supposed to be helping but instead they took away their freedom.

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One positive impact from the Panama Canal was that it dramatically improved trade. It made trade quicker and easier now that there was a shortcut from one major ocean to another.

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One negative impact was that after promising not to sink ships twice, the Germans continued to which caused America to lose a lot of money from the ships and products in general. The ships were important and a lot of lives were lost.

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One negative impact from trench warfare was trench fever. On top of all the soldiers being killed in battle, more were killed because of the dirty conditions in the trenches. Rats and lice spread diseases which made America lose more troops.

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One positive impact from the Paris Peace Conference was that Germany got what they deserved. Germany was to blame for the war and the Conference decided that they would take the blame as their punishment for all the damage and loss. It was good for every other country making it a positive impact.