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13 Cards in this Set
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Liliuokalani
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Sister of Hawaiin King... Kalakaua. succeeded him after his death and became the new Hawaiin Queen qho favored Hawaiian independence
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Protectorate
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Independent Country whose policies are controlled by an outside power.
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Matthew c. Perry
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commander of US warships who went to Japan giving them a letter from the prez. saying japan to trade with them.
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corollary
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A logical extension of a doctrine or proposition
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Turner Thesis
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1893- Historian Frederick Jackson Turner put forth the thesis that the western Frontier had defined American history.
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Roosevelt Corollary
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Teddy Roosevelt reinforces the Monroe Doctrine by claiming the right to use force to prevent intervention in Latin America.
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Japan Trades with U.S.
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-1854
-U.S. trades with Japan -powerful ships and menacing Guns -Japan was awed when faced with technology -accepted to trade |
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Panama Canal Obstacles
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-Disease- Malaria
-workers had to cut through mountains, dam a river, and erect the canals giant locks. - digging the Gaillard Cut a nine mile ditch through the mountains. -Harsh climate and weather |
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who divided Samoa
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The U.S. and Germany divided Samoa in 1899
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Purchase of Alaska
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-Secretary of State- River William Seward
-viewed it as access to trading with Asia and the Pacific - people viewed mistake..."Seward's Folly" -1898 gold was discovered - purchased from Russia for $7.2 million |
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USS Maine
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-Prez McKinely sends Maine(ship) to protect Americans and their property to Spain
-Maine explodes -press blames Spain saying they placed a mine in the ship. -it was actually an accident |
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Dollar Diplomacy
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Aims to protect U.S. economic investments in Latin America and in other regions.
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Americans feelings towards Cuba
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sympathy
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