First, the Spanish viewed
Philippines as kind of a backwater station, and so sent to that colony old and
obsolete wooden ships and gunboats. To Cuba, the Spanish station its best ships
there including the steel-clad protected cruiser San Cristobal. The U.S sent
the Asiatic Squadron, commanded by George Dewey, to subdue Spanish ships. Dewey’s
fleet simply outgunned and tore his way out of the wooden Spanish vessels. Campaign
in Cuba needed U.S Navy operations and a land campaign by U.S Army and U.S
Marines, and were successful in destroying the Spanish fleet there.
Answer: slave labor formed the America colonial economy
Explanation:
Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek FRS was a Dutch businessman and scientist in the Golden Age of Dutch science and technology. A largely self-taught man in science, he is commonly known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists and microbiologists.
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"Hughes patented the technology in 1909 and, with partner Walter Sharp, formed the Houston-based Sharp-Hughes Tool Company to manufacture the bit. After Sharp died in 1912, Hughes bought his interest in the company. When he in turn passed away in 1924, Howard Jr., an only child whose mother had died two years earlier, inherited the thriving company and became a millionaire."
Answer: It sharply decreased and suffered heavy losses.
Explanation:
Tobacco, like most industries in America, saw its prices plummet and farmers take heavy losses. Before the Depression, farmers had tried to capitalize on the prosperity of the 20s by producing a lot of tobacco. So much so that they overproduced and tobacco prices fell before the Depression.
When the Depression then came, they fell even harder. Tobacco was traded was 86 cents a pound in 1919 was trading for 9 cents in 1931. Sometimes farmers did not even make enough to justify the cost of production. This went on till some government policies enacted by Roosevelt with the New Deal.
