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| The American Civil War is over. List three reasons for why the United States is not interested in foriegn policy. |
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1.Reconstruction
2.Westward Expansion
3.The Industrial Revolution |
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| The United States quickly became a World Power. Why??? (3 reasons) |
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1. U.S. production was outpacing.
2. Businesses and investors overseas became more common.
3. Impearlism was being practiced in many new countries. |
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| Who from Great Britain found the Hawaiian Islands? |
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| When were the Hawaiian Islands found? |
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| What 2 particular industries economies skyrocketed due to the number of purchases from overseas troops? |
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A) Sugar Cane
B) Pineapple. |
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| When did the Hawaiian Economy rise greatly? |
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| What was the name of the harbor that was built on Hawaiis coast by the U.S.? |
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| A Naval base to strengthen the control of Hawaii for the United States. |
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| When was Pearl Harbor made? |
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| What was the Queen of Hawaii's name? |
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| What year did the Hawaiian queen decide to try to reduce power of the Islands? |
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| American plant growers tried to convince the U.S. government to back a WHAT? |
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| In what year did the Hawaiian monarchy fail? |
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| What year did the U.S. Army name Hawaii as a protectorate? |
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| What is the definition of a protectorate? |
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| The relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls. |
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| What year did Hawaii become a state? |
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| What year was the large icy landmass of Alaska purchased? |
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| Who did the United states buy Alaska from? |
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| What was the Alaskan purchase nicknamed?Why? |
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| "Seward Holy" After the man who bought it because many felt that it was a mistake to buy the forign land. |
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| How much was the Alaskan purchase? |
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| What was discovered in Yukon in 1896? |
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| Gold. Then, oil and gas soon after. |
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| Alaska became a state in:? |
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| What is the largest U.S. state? |
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| What Hemisphere did Spain have many colonies? |
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| What is it called when you report an assumed story, then wait it out to see if it is correct later? |
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| What was the name of the Havana ported American Battleship in 1898? |
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| How many soldiers were killed in the Havanah harbor explosion? |
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| Yellow journalism blamed Spain for doimg what in 1898? |
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| Bombing the U.S.S. Maine. |
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| When was war declared on Spain by the American country the US? |
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| These territories were taken from Spain:? |
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| The Phillipines, Wake, and Guam. |
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| The U.S. aimed for the following Atlantic coast territorries:? |
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| When the Cubans went without a fight from the spanish, the US Marines landed in:? |
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| This was the name of Theodore Roosevelts Army:? |
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| Who all was involved in Theodore Roosevelts Army? |
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| Whites,Blacks,Cowboys,Indians,South-Americans,and even enrolled College Students. |
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| This is the name of the period in time after the Civil War:? |
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| Name two things that was on the minds of the public for the majority of the reconstruction period:? |
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1.Economic Growth
2.Settlement of the West |
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| Americans wanted to be associated with as many countries as possible: True/False? |
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| What famous ideas encouraged Expansionism: |
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| How much was exported (In $'s) in the 1870's? |
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| How much in dollars was exported in the Early 1900's? |
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