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40 Cards in this Set
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William Seward
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got alaska for 7.2 million dollers
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Pres. Millard Fillmore
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signed the Fugitive Slave Act
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Queen Liliuokalani
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last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
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Japan
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sailed to japan to present letter of trade rights
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Alaska
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purchased for 7.2 million dollers
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Hawaii
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taken over by the us and made into a trading post and a military base
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China
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we issued an open dore polocy giving ourselfs rights to trade
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Russia
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we bought alaska from them for 7.2 million dollers
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Samoa
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split up between the us and germaney
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Isolation
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avoiding other countries and there affairs
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Imperialism
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emposing political and economical controal on other parts of the world
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Sphere of Influence
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areas where others nations are in controal
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Treaty of Kanagawa
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treaty to allow trade with japan
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"Boxers"
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rebles that used there fists as weapons and thought tey could not be hurt by bullets
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Open Door Policy
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US wanted trade rights with china
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Seward's Folly
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the purchase of akaska
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White Man's Burden
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the thought that the white man is helping the other people
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Arrival of Perry in Japan
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arrived asking for trade with japan
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Signing Treaty of Kanagawa
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allowed the us to use two ports in japan
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Boxer Rebellion
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when rebles rebeled the other countries using there county
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American Purchase of Alaska
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purchased alaska from Russia
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Overthrow of Queen of Hawaii
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we overthrew the queen of Hawaii by annexing it
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Annexation of Hawaii
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landed 50 Us marienes to help overthrow the queen
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Sinking of USS Maine
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the maines sinking was blamed on the spanish
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Treaty of Paris
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we receved guam and the fillipeans
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Spanish American War
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went to war with spain over cuba
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Revolt in Panama
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helped panama revolt so we could have a say in that country
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Yellow Journalism
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making a story bigger than it is
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Panama Canal
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canal through panapa conecting the atlanic and pacific
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Colombia
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the first people in charge of panama
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Puerto Rico
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given limited self rule by the US
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Cuba
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once taken over by the US was give little power
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Philippines
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coloney of the US
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Guam
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coloney and tradind post of the US
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Spain
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former ruler of most of the coloneys and went to war with the us
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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fought with the us in cuba but fought for the philippines
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William Randolph Hearst
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he used yellow jurnalism
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Commodore Dewey
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Won ant the Battle of Manila Bay
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Pres. Theodore Roosevelt
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led a groop called the rough riders
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Pres. William McKinley
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Pres. during the spanish american war
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