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43 Cards in this Set
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Commodore Matthew Perry
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He sailed into the toyko bay to ask for trading rights
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William Seward
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Bought Alaska for 7.2 million
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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Was a rebel leader to help Manila from the spanish
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William Randolph Hearst
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Of the New york jouneral
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President Millard Fillmore
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Elected Presiden in 1850
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Queen Liliuoklalani
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Queen of Hawaii in 1891 didnt aknoweledge the 1887 constition
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President William McKinley
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Elected Presiden is 1896
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President Tthedore Roosevelt
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Became President after William McKinley was killed in 1901.
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Commodore Dewey
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Was an admiral of the United States Navy
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William Randolph Hearst
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Was an american Newspaper publisher
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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Was a Filipino general
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Japan (1)
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Japan is an island nation in East Asia
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Alaska (1)
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A state owned by the US, purchased from Russia for $7.2 Million
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Hawaii (1)
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Owned by the US joined the union in 1959
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China (1)
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China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia.
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Russia
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Owned Alaska and sold it to US for $7.2 Million
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Treaty of kanagawa
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Opened the ports to trade with Japan
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Isolation
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Avoiding in other counties affairs
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Imperialism
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creationand or maintenance of an unqueal economic relationship
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Sphere of Influence (1)
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In the field of international relations, a sphere of influence (SOI)
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Boxers
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People that participated in the boxer rebolion
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Open Door Policy
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concept in foreign affairs, which usually refers to the policy in 1899 allowing multiple Imperial powers access to China
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"White Man's Burden"
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Belief that whites should "fix" the "wrong" other people from other countries.
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Seward Folly
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Known as the Alaskan purchase
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Arrival of Perry in Japan (1)
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Perry a commodore of the US Navy, he played a leadng role in the opening of Japan
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Overthrow of Queen of Hawaii (1)
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When the US told the queen of Hawaii to leave because they wanted to take over Hawaii.
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American Purchase of Alaska (1)
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Purchaced from Russia for $7.2 million dollars
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Boxer Rebillion
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was a proto-nationalist movement by the Righteous Harmony Society in China between 1898 and 1901
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Annexation of Hawaii (1)
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When the US overthrew the kingdom of Hawaii
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Spain
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A country owned by spanish rule
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Guam
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Owned by america after sefeating spain in the spanish american war
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Philippines
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a country that was owned by spain and them was gotten after the war
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Cuba
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A country next to florida and we let it have its independence but we still have some rule over it
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Puerto Rico
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unincorporated territory of the United States
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Colombia
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Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments.
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Panama Canal (3)
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The Panama Canal is a 48-mile ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
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Yellow Journalism
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when jounerlalists over exaggerate about events that could not have happend
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Social Darwinism
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when a country believes in mindling its own bussiness
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Markets
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Area for trade
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Raw Materials
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materials that are not ready for use
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Sinking of the uss maine
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when this ship sinked and the way it sinked is unknown was how the spanish american war started
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Treaty of paris
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Treaty that allowed US to own the three countries that US won
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Spanish American War
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4 year war between America and Spain
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