The past week we focused a lot on how America got involved with International problems. I want to focus a lot on Spain and how America dealt with them, along with the path America took for movement during the Indian Wars. First off the whole thing with the men in California either having to sail all the way across south America, or having to cross panama. To me, it seemed highly unnecessary. I wondered why they didn't go through Canada, Mr. Hoffman said something like " there were no roads, and it was pretty much empty". I mean I understand why someone might have not wanted to go through there for the transfer of gold. However I still believe it is a much easier route then going all the way around south america or even crossing Panama. I'm sure it would have been much more convenient to be involved with Canada rather than Panama. What do you think might have happened if we found a way to transfer gold through Canada? The second topic is the whole thing with Spain. I really found it kind of sudden how America started to war with the Philippines right after they "helped" free them. I also found it a little odd that America proposed their own governor, then allowed only people who would vote for him to vote in Cuba. In general I felt that the way America treated their first few international businesses was a little odd and controlling.
To answer your question, I we found a way o transfer gold through Canada, then gold transfer would have been much faster. But, the gold would have depleted much more quickly which could be seen as both a good or bad thing. I also, agree that the Philippines thing was really odd. It was in fact very odd and controlling, but considering that America was still green in International business, do you think that they did a good job?
ReplyDeleteI thought that these were all rather interesting topics. The United States government got involved with many foreign matters and in the end it was a very messy situation that did not exactly make a lot of sense. I agree that we could have been a little bit more careful when making the decision that we did at this point in history.
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