8th Grade - Journals 41-50

Journal 41 - What should a country do to ensure that its trade routes and political influence are secured?

Journal 42 - A reason often given for taking territory was that the backward people who lived there needed the blessings of civilization. Would you agree with that attitude? Why?

Journal 43 - How would you convince a group of friends to play a game by your rules?

Journal 44 - Knowing about how the Panama Canal was built, and how the U.S. got Hawaii, describe how the U.S. was behaving towards other contries. (provide 2 pieces of evidence)

Journal 45 - Describe how the Panama Canal was built.

Journal 46 - What were the causes of the Spanish American War? What were the outcomes and effects of the Spanish American War?

Journal 47 - What do you do when you need food and clothes in 2013? How about in 1813?

Journal 48 - Why were railroads so important to the future of a town in the 19th Century? What would be the modern equivalent of the railroad?

Journal 49 - Describe and give examples of horizontal and vertical integration.

Journal 50 - Which invention discussed in class fascinates you? Why?

Journals 41-50 due: Thursday, May 9, 2013.