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.

Well, The Spanish American War was a conflict between Spain and the U.S. And this conflict helped to ended up the Spanish colonial rule in americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of different territories in the western pacific and Latin Americas. This war was originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, which began in February 1895. The Spains brutally repressive measures to halt the rebellion were graphically portrayed for the U.S. published by several sensational newspapers The Americans sympathy for the rebels rose and when the Spanish American War started.

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2018 means 2018 ce or common era

there have been other eras too including bce, which included way more years.

julius caesar turned the roman republic into the roman empire by coming in and taking the "dictator" role during the time of a civil war (elites vs lower classes) winning battles and reputation, then declaring him dictator for life

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