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22 Cards in this Set
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Isolationism
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Not getting involved with other countries buissness
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Imperialism
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Building empires by imposing outside rule on peoples around the world
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Manifest Destiny
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People believed that the U.S's destiny was to have land from one side of the continent to the other (sea to shining sea)
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Shere of Influence
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An area of one nation where another nation had special economic and political control
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"Steward's Folly"
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Mean name given to William Steward for purchasing Alaska because it was "worthless" until gold and oil were discovered there
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Open Door Policy
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1899- Policy proposed by U.S. to allow any nation to be allowed to trade in any other nation's sphere of influence in China
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Japan
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Blocked out the rest of the world for 250 years until in 1853 Commodore Matthew Perry came and asked them to open for trade, Japan signed the treaty in 1854
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Alaska
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Russian colony purchased by the United States as way to trade better with parts of Asia
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Hawaii
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U.S. Marines (along with rich plantation owners) helped overthrow their Queen in 1893
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Russia
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Country in Asia that the U.S. purchased Alaska from
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China
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The U.S. didn't want to be left out of trade with China so in 1899 the Secretary of State proposed the Open Door Policy which meant every country had equal trade with them
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Annexation of Hawaii
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The U.S. helped overthrow their Queen in 1893 and it was added as a state in 1898
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Purchase of Alaska
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Purchased for $7.2 million by Secretary of State, William Steward, seen as a mistake until gold and oil were found there
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Boxer Rebellion
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A rebellion in China agaisnt foreigners crushed by U.S. troops
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President Millard Fillmore
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Only president for 3 years 1850-1853, just when the U.S. started getting interested in world affairs
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Commodore Matthew Perry
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The person who traveled to Japan with powerful ships and guns to demand trade
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Secretary of State William Steward
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The person who purchased Alaska from Russia without asking anyone
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Queen Liliuokalani
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Queen of Hawaii until she was overthrown in 1893
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President Grover Cleveland
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1885-1885 and 1893-1897 during most of the "expantionist' things that happened
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President William McKinley
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In office 1897-1901 (during the Spanish-American war) assinated in Buffalo 1901
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Secretary of State John Hay
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Proposed the Open Door Policy in 1899
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"Boxers"
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People who organized a secret organization and rebelled against foreign influences
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