https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi Made with a Time and a Cookie en-us 2016-11-16 23:32:02 UTC 2017-03-15 10:35:18 UTC hello@padlet.com 205173 https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138279217 1. Desire for Military
2. Thirst for new Market
3. Belief in culture supioraly]]> 2016-11-16 23:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138279217 205173 https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138279892 In 1887, Secretary of state William Seward arranged to buy Alaska from the Russians for 7.2 million dollars. However many people thought it was a silly Idea and called the purchase nicknames like "Seward's Icebox". Soon later became a great Purchase for the land was filled with timber, minerals, and oil.]]> 2016-11-16 23:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138279892 205173 https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138280592 Hawaii has always been important to american's. If they had Hawaii they could avoid taxes "tariffs". The U.S knew the values of this island because they had built a navel base at pearl harbor in 1887. Which lead to Sanford Dole leading american's to annex Hawaii in 1898. In 1959 Hawaii formally became a state.]]> 2016-11-16 23:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138280592 205173 https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138281170 There were two causes 
1. America supporting the on going struggle by Cubans against Spanish war
2. The mysterious explosion to the U.S.S Maine
Many people were on both sides when the U.S.S Maine blew up. The events that took place was a war was declared. The out come of the American- Spanish war was Peace...The treaty of Paris was signed in 1898.]]> 2016-11-16 23:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138281170 205173 https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138282637 After the Spanish- American war Many Puerto Ricans feared that the united stated would not give them the measure of self-rule. However after the foracker act had been passed to stop the military from leading the Puerto Ricans, they then returned to civil government.]]> 2016-11-17 00:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138282637 205173 https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138282751 Caused a navel blockade of Cuba, followed by a land invasion by Roosevelt and his rough riders, whom won victory at San Jaul Hill. Later The american navy destroyed the Spanish and headed for an invasion of Puerto Rico.]]> 2016-11-17 00:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138282751 205173 https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138282787 U.S forces surprised Spain by attacking the colony of the Philippines. 11,000 Americans joined Leader Emilio Aguinaldo "Filipino", but by august of 1998 Spain surrendered to the U.S.]]> 2016-11-17 00:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138282787 205173 https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138282840 John Hay issued the Open Door Notes The notes were letters
addressed to the leaders of imperialist nations proposing that the nations share their trading rights with the United States, Meaning no nation would be able to do monopoly again.]]> 2016-11-17 00:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138282840 205173 https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138282880 Theodore tried to bring an agreement settlement between Russia and Japan, later known as the treaty of Portsmouth, also winning Roosevelt the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize. Theodore Roosevelt created the Canal that would help ships and boats to where they need to be.]]> 2016-11-17 00:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138282880 205173 https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138282932 Wilson sent to invade Mexico for an inceidant done early, the invasion killed eighteen Americans and 200 Mexicans. Which caused the U.S and Mexico to come close to war. Argentina, Brazil, and Chile stepped in to settle the conflict.]]> 2016-11-17 00:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/205173/du7t7mvm7igi/wish/138282932