by John Srouji https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw en-us 2014-10-20 14:52:13 UTC 2017-05-17 07:22:44 UTC hello@padlet.com http://d262le4z25sx36.cloudfront.net/portraits/rose_close.jpg John johnsrouji https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/37859978 the US gained oversea territories like

Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam

]]> 2014-10-20 15:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/37859978 Ryan: Alaska ryan_mutombo https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/37860480 People said that Alaska was a frozen wasteland and called the Purchase Sewards Folly, but it was bought for 2 cents an acre, and there was gold there. The gold that was found brought miners; there was also valuable natural recources such as fur, timber, and minerals. this also convinced the People of the united states that they were

]]> 2014-10-20 15:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/37860480 John johnsrouji https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/37860620 We bought Alaska from russia for 7.2 million

]]> 2014-10-20 15:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/37860620 John johnsrouji https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/37862976 Cause: America wanted Samoa

Effect: America and Germany split Samoa

Cause: Seward bought Alaska

Effect: People called it Seward's Folly because they

thought Alaska was a wasteland

]]> 2014-10-20 15:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/37862976 John johnsrouji https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/37929268 2014-10-20 23:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/37929268 Ryan/  Hawaiian islands ryan_mutombo https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/37929869 The Americans were appealed to the Hawaiian Islands even more than samoa, and the American trading and whaling ships had started stopping in these islands in the early 1800s. Missionaries from america had started to come to convert the Hawaiian people to christians. These missionaries started small businesses that sold crops such as sugarcane. Some of these men and women became very rich sugar planters.

]]> 2014-10-20 23:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/37929869 John johnsrouji https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/38349194 Cause: America wanted Hawaii for trade

Effect: America revolted and took over Hawaii

]]> 2014-10-23 15:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/38349194 johnsrouji https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/38352206 2014-10-23 15:59:21 UTC https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/38352206 John johnsrouji https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/38919609 Causes of the Spanish american war

- Roots of Imperialism

- Yellow Journalism

- USS Maine

- Sympathy

- Cuban Independence

- De Lome Letter

]]> 2014-10-28 20:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/38919609 John johnsrouji https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/39026923 Who: Cuba/ US

What: Cuba's independence (not really)

When:

Where: Cuba

Why: To gain cuban independence

]]> 2014-10-29 15:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/39026923 John johnsrouji https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/39029029 Who: Emilio Aguinaldo

What: Philipine independence

When: 1898

Where: Philipines

WHy: independence

]]> 2014-10-29 15:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/39029029 John ryan_mutombo https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/39168576 5 w's for Panama

Who: French, US

What: Panama Canal

When: 1904

Where: Panama

Why: To build a quicker way to travel

]]> 2014-10-30 13:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/39168576 Ryan ryan_mutombo https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/39801533 George Washingtons foreign policy:

The united stateswill not become involved withe european affairs

]]> 2014-11-05 04:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/39801533 Ryan ryan_mutombo https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/39801625 Roosevelt Collary:

The United Stater will police wrongdoing by nations in the western hemisphere

]]> 2014-11-05 04:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/39801625 Ryan ryan_mutombo https://padlet.com/johnsrouji/2m477wi1pqgw/wish/39801715 Tafts Dollar Diplomacy:

The United States will use economic means to aid its interests in latin america

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