What Do I Submit? In the lesson, you read about the global changes taking place during the late 1800s and early 1900s. You also learned about how the Spanish-American War and the construction of the Panama Canal helped make the United States a world power. Both events played pivotal roles in how the U.S. developed and grew after that point in history.

Imagine you are a historian reflecting on this period in history. You've been asked to create a product that describes the Spanish American War or the building of the Panama Canal to today's population. For this assessment, you may write either a newspaper article or a storybook about the causes, motivations, and effects of the Spanish-American War or the building of the Panama Canal.

In Favor of the deal, Alaska would offer more land and opportunities to America, her economy, and her markets. Alaska is also another part of America being able to spread her influence and share democracy with new parts of the world. Remember, we are the greatest nation that everyone wants to join, because they can live free and create their own path. Also the purchase of Alaska would weaken our rivals, Britain and Russia, who have long held sway in the region. Anythimg that can be done to weaken them is always good. 

Against the deal, Alaska had nothing to offer. It has little useful land and is covered in ice a majority of the time. Who would truly want to live there?!? The $7 million dollars proposed could be used toward something else, anything else that would be of greater impact to the American people than a few frozen acres.