As a culminating activity, you should post a private essay to me in the area below of between 1,000 to 1,500 words.

As a culminating activity, you should post a private essay to me in the area below of between 1,000 to 1,500 words.
In this essay you should imagine yourself as an American, Filipino, Cuban or Hawaiian living at the time (1890 -1910). Write an “authentic” response to U.S. war with Spain and or annexation of the Philippines or Hawaii (based on research of what life would have been like then) in the form of a speech, petition, letter, or newspaper editorial, broadside, or diary entry.