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On April 21, 1898, the United States declared war against Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in the Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The U.S. also supported the ongoing struggle of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines for independence against Spanish rule. This would be the first war fought overseas by the United States and it involved campaigns in both Cuba and the Philippine Islands. The majority of Spanish-American War soldiers were volunteers who originated from all…

Westward expansion or Manifest destiny was the belief that the United States was destined to own the land from modern day Maine to California and everything in between. In the mid-1800’s this attitude caused more than a few problems with Mexico it caused a war. The Mexican-American war was a two year long war over territory and “shedding American blood upon the American soil.” One characteristic of a justified war is having clear, good intentions. Was the Mexican-American war a just war? The…

Gooney Bird is a series of children's novels by Lois Lowry the American author who has made a name for herself writing children's fantasy such as the Given Quartet, The Tate series, the Sam Krupnik series, and the Anastasia Krupnik series.She was born to career military officer based in Hawaii and spent her childhood moving across different states of the US such as Pennsylvania, New York, and Rhode Island. When she was eleven she lived for a brief period in Tokyo, spent her high school years in…

friend Ruby Lucas returned back to the forest. She didn’t want to return back to her old home just yet, she felt there was more to discover. All she had ever known was the forest and the castles with extravagant balls and her current home Storybrooke, Maine where nothing ever goes smoothly, only recently her mother had told her about what happened when the curse was broken by her little brother Henry’s real mum came to town. In all fairness, she had thought she saw a spark between the two, but…

character Olive Kitteridge, typify life in small town Maine. Trudy Bush’s review of the book was witty and enlightening because Bush never attempts to flee from Olive’s colorful character, as tempting as it may be. Bush embraces Olive entirely, giving a glimpse into her gloomy, and at times loving nature while coming to terms with growing old. Summary Olive Kitteridge is a book whose character’s lives intertwine in the small town of Crosby, Maine. The main character, Olive crosses paths…

the ground it looked as if Willy Wonka lived their with all the different candies crumbled on the ground. I remember as we were walking back Caileen told me that I started at 12:30 the next day. My memory of the actual interview is quite patchy, except one part when she was asking me if I planned on working their for a long time in which I agreed without hesitation. I remember focusing on that question throughout the interview, I subconsciously knew that it wasn't going to last for multiple…

The Title of this article is Gettysburg in the Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg is the most important battle in the Civil War, as it determined the fate of the War. Therefore, you can find all of this information here:http://www.shmoop.com/civil-war/gettysburg-battle.html. Soon after losing at Antietam, and later Lee tried again a few months later. He marched into Pennsylvania and the Union would have to pursue. Lee had chosen the best battle ground, chosen to scare the North, and impress…

most important. Although Sarah Churchill was a minor character, her bravery showed her major impact on the events that occurred in Salem. Sarah Churchill was twenty-five years old during the Salem Witch Trials. As a child, Churchill grew up in Saco, Maine with her grandfather and, we assume, the rest of her family. In 1680, there was an Indian attack that caused Churchill and her family to flee their homes and seek refuge in Major Williams Phillips’s garrison house across the shore.…

**ATTENTION ALL** The people of the southern Maine are under attack as the local rescue center was broken into by an unknown group of wild and dangerous chimps. Researchers have recently created an injection to use on war animal's to make them stronger and more muscular. The injection was recently leaked by a former researcher who no longer is with the company. The injection was tested on a chimps and at first it worked as they had expected it too. Then there was a glitch in the formula. This…

Prior to the final decade of the 19th century, the United States was a non-interventionism nation that was preoccupied with dramatic economic expansion and relied the Monroe Doctrine as its sole foreign policy. After years of rejecting global adventurism and international involvement the United States had the ability to compete in the international arena of world superpowers. In designing American foreign policy during the 19th century, Imperialism played the most vital role. Mass Production…