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Panama Canal Zone
Completed in 1914 .
Saved 7,800 miles while shipping good from the East coast to the West coast of the U.S.
Puerto Rico
Givien as a colony to the U.S. as part of the peace treaty after the spanish American war in 1898.
Guam
Givien as a colony to the U.S. as part of the peace treaty after the spanish American war in 1898.
Philppines
.Givien as a colony to the U.S. as part of the peace treaty after the spanish American war in 1898.
Alaska
U.S. bought it form Russia in 1867 to get the right to fish in the waters.
Cuba
.As part of the peace treaty after the Spanish American war in 1898, Cuba gave their independence.
Hawaii
In 1893 an American backed revolution overthrew the goverment of Queen Liliuokalani for sugar cane, pineappie, military and refuling bases
Panama Canal Zone
was a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama.
Russia
The country, The U.S. paid $7.2 million dollars divide Alaska.
Commodore Mathew Perry
Sailed into Tokyo Bay And Presented for Japanese with a letter from the president calling for Japam to grant trading rights to Americans.
William Seward
In 1867 William Saward was U.S. secretary of state. Russia told him that wanted to sell Alaska and He saw Alaska as a steping stone for trade.
President Millard Fillmore
He was president in 1850 to 1853. Opened Japan to Western Trade.
Isthmus
is a narrow strip of land joining two larger areas of land.
Monroe Doctrine
end to European intervention in North and South American- 1823.
Roosevelt Corollary
applied his "big stick" policy in Latin America.
Dollar Diplomacy
.Pres. W.H. Taft's plan to "substitute dollars for bullets" in Latin America. Urges American businesses to invest there to increase U.S. influence in the region.
Frederick Jackson Turner
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Captain Alfred T. Mahan
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Queen Liliuokalani Hawaii
In 1893, Growers overthrow Queen.
William Rahdolph Hearst
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Commodore George Dewey
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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Teodore "Teddy" Roosevellt
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William Gorgas
an american expert on tropical diseases, took up the problem.
Arival of Perry in Japan
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American Purchase of Alaska
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overthrow of queen of Hawaii
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Annexation of Hawaii
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Boxer Rebellion
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Sinking of USS Marine
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Spainsh American war
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Treaty of Paris
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Revolt in Panama
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Japan
For 250 years Japan had blacked outside trade and did not let foreigner enter or leave the country.
Alaska
was the largest new territory acguired by the united states after the civil war. the united states wanted rights to finish Alasken waters. so purchased alska from russiain 1867 alska did not become a state until 1959.
Russia
the country the us paid $7.2 million dollars divide alsaka.
Samoa
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Spain
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Guam
In 1898 spain ans the us signed a peace treaty. It Granted the Guam o the us alone with perto rico and philippines. U.S. paid spain $20 million.
Wake Island
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Philippines
In 1898 spain and the U.S. signed a peace treaty. It Granted the Pilippines to the U.S. alone with Guam and Puerto Rico.
Cuba
was granted independence from spain, but it remained under ameican control from 1898 to 1902.
Puerto Rico
In 1898 spain and fthe U.S.signed a peace treaty after spainsh American war turn colony of P R over to U.S.
Colombia
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Panama Canal
I was completed in 1914. It was extremely important to american shipping. It subtracted 7,800 miles from the distance ships previously had to travel between the east coast and the west coast of the united states.
Isolation
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Imperialism
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"Seward Folly"
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"Manifest Destiny"
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Sphere of Influence
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Open Door Policy
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Boxers
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Social Darwinism
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"White Mans Burden"
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Markets
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Raw Materials
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Reconcentration
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Yellow Journalism
Newspaper reporting which exagerates the news.
Empire
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Protectorate
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