During the “Great War” may people died, millions in fact. But after they came back fighting there was the Spanish Flu. Many people already died in WWI, but this virus was worse. The Spanish Flu killed 2% of the population on the earth. That’s 50 million people, children,elderly, and even pets.

The Spanish Flu started in 1918, right at the end the war. It was believed to have started in Huskell County, Kansas. There are different names for this killer virus, including, H1N1, Spanish Flu,and the French Flu. Some people lived to tell the tale about the virus, but there was a small chance of living. The word pandemic came from this virus, it meant a whole country or world, in a disease.

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Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams fade
Into the midnight darkness
Life is a lonesome cave

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams suffer
In the fire of depression
Nothing can save them

On September 6th, 1915 an Australien engineer built the first prototype of a tank. The tanks name was Little Willie. And then The first tanks where sent fight in the “War To End All War”. Each tank weighed about 14 tons. The French 3870, the British 2636, the U.S. less then a 100, the German’s 20.

Each tank was different. Some had Bigger barrels and some have different shapes. Some tank designs where made to go over the trenches so they wouldn’t get stuck and some made for speed and all terrain. Each tank could only hold about 2 men.

This is one of the greatest military inventions in military history. Today we still use the tank in modern warfare. But now the shape and size and how much people can hold it is totally different. This invasion is so important the whole world uses it. they used the tank in every war after WWI (exempt the cold war). Continue reading →

The days are dark
and the weeks were weary and cold.
Our men can’t even stand themselves.
They are going insane
and mad……
But then the enemy started,
singing, and cheering
and laughing.
One man was so into the singing,
he stood up
and started walking toward the enemy’s trench.
I whispered,
“Come back!”
He didn’t listen.
A couple seconds later,
“BANG!!!”
We all knew he was dead,
but it wasn’t our fault,
he was insane.

The 19th century was a little crazy. Wars were starting, there was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, and there was the battle between imperialists and anti-imperialists. Both thought they were superior in all ways. Also, they thought other races and countries were inferior. Even though they had this similarity, they were still different.

Imperialism is when people think they are “helping” others like Filipinos, Africans, and Asians and other countries by taking their colonies. All they really wanted was military strength and new markets.  They wanted colonies for money and wealth. Theodore Roosevelt and President William McKinley were imperialists. They believed their military would get stronger because more people means a better army force. Imperialists would get more money because they would be getting raw materials to sell.

Anti-Imperialists really didn’t want to get involved with the other races and counties. They excluded them by all means necessary. Anti-imperialists thought wages would go down if we colonized. The anti-imperialists hated imperialists because they didn’t like how they were “helping” them. The anti-imperialist thought that with more people they would raise the taxes to pay for military and other stuff.

Imperialists and anti-imperialists had many differences but they had one similarity. They both thought other countries were inferior. They also thought they were the best nation in the world. Imperialists thought other countries needed help and did this by teaching them new religions, government, and clothing options. Anti-imperilists  didn’t really want to “help” the other countries because they thought they were better instead.

In conclusion, both sides were racist but they had a lot of differences. Imperialists wanted to “help” and anti-imperialists didn’t want to get involved. This conflict was why the 19th century was pretty crazy.

My Annabel Lee,
my sister.
I can’t believe death called
her name.
How foolish can I be?
I can’t believe I didn’t see it coming.

Oh, death!
Pick me,
pick me.
Oh, please leave my
Annabel Lee alone.
What did she do!
As I slept,
it creeped in through,
the window,
and took my
Annabel Lee.

When dawn rose
I snuck into her room
but she was gone.
I sorrow
and sorrow for she was dead.
My Annabel Lee was dead.

If I could pause the world                                                                                                         I could be able to do what ever I want.

I could stop death I could stop terrorism                                                                                      and I could stop pain, but no one has that power.                                                                   not even god.

“GEORGE!” I shrieked. My face so filled with anger, I could break down a door. He looked at me, clearly saying “NO” holding my piggy bank high up in the air. I jumped and jumped but I still couldn’t get it ,it was too high.

“THEIF!” I yelled in anger. I barged through the front door and took a long walk. I thought to myself, what if he takes my money i thought and buys something ; it my life savings. He won’t he’s my brother. A glare of light hit my eye and I looked up to find 2X2 gold shiny box on top of a tall oak tree. I climbed up and up and grabbed the box “oof this thing is heavy” I said panting and climbing down the tree. When I got down, I figured it was at least 60 pounds. It looked antique and hand carved.I examined the box for a while and looked inside the key hole and saw nothing in the box.

I had to figure out what was in side this mysterious box. On way I see a black hummer with dark windows so no one can see who’s in side. I had no interest in it, but I felt like I would see that car again in the future. I had to slow down I was to tired to run anymore. So I stopped and sat on the bench to the left of me and took a breather.

When I got to my house, no one was home. There was a note saying “I went to game stop to get a game. Be back later .George”. I thought to myself and said “great” in a rude manner.”KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK””who is it?””Its Jonas” he said.”Come quickly I slammed the door and locked the all the doors.”Whats the problem?”asked Jonas. “Look what I found” “Wow” he said “Want to help me open it” I said “ok” he said. So he grabbed a hammer and a crowbar and I grabbed a lock pick and picked it open. “Uh oh” I said in fear “Jonas get my fireworks in my secret safe” “ok” Jonas replied. He ran into my room and unlocked my safe full of fireworks. I grabbed my lighter and climbed on top of my roof. When I got there Jonas was playing with an rubix cube, I grabbed it and threw it and it broke into small pieces “what are we doing and whats the problem?” “that Jonas” I pointed at the black hummer with tinted windows. We got all the fireworks set and  five large men came out and and threw rocks at us. “Fire firework one!!” I shouted, it went flying threw the air and hit the middle of the street which flung one of the men back hitting his back on the hummer. “Fire firework two!!” I shouted it went strait into the hummer and blew it up. All the guys ran away as me and Jonas chanted.

We went to the living room and opened the box and there was tons of money, gold, diamonds, rubies, and millions of dollars and cars and maps for each car. I grabbed two two big pillow cases and split all the stuff between Jonas and I we walked away like bosses. I couldn’t wait to see the look on Georges face.