. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . THE PEl;i.^l 1 , AND FRENCHS STATUE OF LIBERTYAT THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION EVENTS SINCE THE CIVIL WAR 241. charm, for the thousands of electric Ughts made the WhiteCity a fairyland by next president was William McKinley, the Ohio congress-man whose plans for A hopefulthe tariff had been outlookadopted seven yearsbefore. Forty-five states hadbeen admittedto the Union,busmess was flourish-ing, the crops were?« ^^^^^-^ large, and throughout A CUBAN HOMESTEAD1(This was later burned by the Spaniards) the COUUtry tnCre s
. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . THE PEl;i.^l 1 , AND FRENCHS STATUE OF LIBERTYAT THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION EVENTS SINCE THE CIVIL WAR 241. charm, for the thousands of electric Ughts made the WhiteCity a fairyland by next president was William McKinley, the Ohio congress-man whose plans for A hopefulthe tariff had been outlookadopted seven yearsbefore. Forty-five states hadbeen admittedto the Union,busmess was flourish-ing, the crops were?« ^^^^^-^ large, and throughout A CUBAN HOMESTEAD1(This was later burned by the Spaniards) the COUUtry tnCre seemed to be good reason to expect a peaceful, prosperous time. One hundred miles off our coast, however, there was trouble,and it was soon plain that this trouble would affect the UnitedStates. Cuba belonged to Spain, and the island had been ruledso harshly that the Cubans had tried many times to free them-selves from Spanish control. Soon after McKinley becamepresident, they tried again and fought more desperately thanever. Spain could not suppress the revolt, and her command-3rs treated the Cubans so savagely that the United Statesbelieved it was time to interfere.
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