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56 Cards in this Set
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Japan
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Commadore Matthew Perry
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American sea captain; sent by Pres. M. Fillmore to Japan (1853) to open trade and end their isolation. Signed Treaty of Kanagawa.
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President Millard Filmore
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William Seward
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Russia
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Secretay of State William Seward
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Frederick Jackson Turner
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Captain Alfred T. Mahan
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Queen Liluokalani
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William Randolph Hearst
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Commodore George Dewey
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Emilio Auinaldo
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Theodor Teddy Rosevelt
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William Georgas
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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 U.S. Maine
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U.S. Battleship that exploded in Havana Harbor, Cuba on February 15, 1898. This event directly led to U.S. involvement in the Spanish-American War.
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Spanish American War
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Treaty of Paris
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Revolt in Panama
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Russia
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Samoa
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China
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Spain
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Guam
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Wake Island
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Phillipines
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Cuba
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Puerto Rico
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Colombia
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Panama Canal
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Isolation (ism)
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policy of when a powerful, stronger nation seeks to take control of the economic and political affairs of weaker nations or a region. Often leads to colonies. Examples- Europe in Africa; U.S. and Philippines
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Imperialism
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policy of when a powerful, stronger nation seeks to take control of the economic and political affairs of weaker nations or a region. Often leads to colonies. Examples- Europe in Africa; U.S. and Philippines
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Seward's Folly
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Manifest Destiny
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when the u.s. wanted to get a new territory and then they succeed
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Sphere of Influence
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Open Door Policy
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Social Darwinism
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markets
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raw matirials
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reconcentration
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Yellow Journalism
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sensational style of newspaper reporting which played on peoples emotions and helped influence events. Major cause of Spanish American War.
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empire
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protectorate
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annex
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isthmus
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Monroe Doctrine
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Roosevelt Corollary
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Dollar Diplimacy
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Hawaii
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Wealthy American Plantation owners overthrow the Queen in 1893 with the help of U.S. marines. U.S. annexed Hawaii in 1898.
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Boxers
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reform
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