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74 Cards in this Set
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Which English explorer first discovered the Hawaiian Islands? When?
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James Cook in 1778
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Who was the first white man to visit the area of Alaska?
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Bering
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Who was Lincoln's secretary of state?
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William Henry Seward
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Who urged congress to purchase Alaska?
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Seward
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What area of land was purchased by the US in 1867
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Alaska
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What was Alaska's nickname?
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Seward's Icebox
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What is the metal whose discovery made many people rush to Alaska
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gold
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What body of water lied north of Alaska
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Arctic Ocean
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What nation sold Alaska to the US
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Russia
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What narrow body of water separates Asia from North America
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Bering Strait
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What area of Russia is close to Alaska
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Siberia
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What country borders Alaska on the east
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Canada
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In admission to statehood, what number is Alaska
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49
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Who was the commander of the US fleet that opened Japan to US trade
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Matthew Perry
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Who gave America its claim to the Hawaiian Islands
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Robert Gray
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What are a group of islands in which early US possessions in the Pacific Ocean were located
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Samoa
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What is the site of the US naval base on the Samoan Islands
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Pago Pago
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What products of the Hawaiian Islands did Americans desire
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sugar
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What man set up pineapple plantations in Hawaii
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Dole
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What is the process by which the US took over Hawaii
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annexation
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What is the term for people who wanted the US to gain new territories
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expansionists
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Who was the president that blocked an attempt to make Hawaii a possession of the US
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Cleveland
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Who was president when Hawaii was annexed
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McKinley
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Who was the last Hawaiian monarch
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Liliukalani
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In admission to statehood, what number is Hawaii?
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50
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Who was secretary of state who opened trade with China
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John Hay
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What is the idea that every nation would have equal trading rights with China
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Open Door Policy
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What is the policy of extending the rule of an empire or nation over foreign countries
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imperialism
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In what country did the Boxer Rebellion occur
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China
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What nation controlled the Philippine Islands before 1898
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Spain
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What two islands in the Pacific Ocean did the US take in 1898
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Wake Island and Guam
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What is a long, narrow island in the West Indies controlled by Spain before 1898
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Cuba
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In what sea is Cuba situated
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Caribbean Sea
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What is Cuba's largest city
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Havana
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What country controlled Puerto Rico before 1898
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Spain
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What war lasted only 100 days
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Spanish-American War
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What three territories were gained by the US from Spain at the end of the Spanish-American War
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Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines
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What is the practice of featuring sensational news with large headlines to sell papers
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yellow journalism
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Who was the man whose newspapers helped get the US into the Spanish-American War
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Hearst
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What is information or ideas that are spread to help or hurt a cause, group, or nation
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propaganda
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What are small groups of fighters who strike suddenly without warning and then disappear
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guerrillas
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In what Cuban crop did many Americans invest
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Sugar Cane
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What is a feeling of pride in your country
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patriotism
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What battleship was send to protect Americans living in Havana
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the Maine
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What ship whose destruction caused the US to declare war on Spain
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the Maine
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In what harbor was the Maine blown up
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Havana Harbor
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Who was the most famous of the Rough Riders during America's war with Spain
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Theodore Roosevelt
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What place did the Rough Riders charge
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San Juan Hill
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Who was the US admiral at Manila Bay
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George Dewey
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On what bay is Manila a seaport
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Manila Bay
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Where is Manila
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Philippines
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Who was the Filipino leader that wanted his nation to become independent in 1898
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Aguinaldo
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What insect did army doctors find to carry yellow fever
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mosquito
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What two diseases killed many Americans in Cuba
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yellow fever and malaria
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What battleship whose late arrival in Cuba during the Spanish-American War showed the need for a Central American canal
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the Oregon
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What country had started to build a canal in Panama but failed
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France
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What Cuban doctor believed that yellow fever was carried by mosquitos
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Finlay
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Who was the American doctor that headed the Yellow Fever Commission, which discovered the cause of yellow fever?
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Walter Reed
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Who helped stamp out yellow fever in Panama before building the canal
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William Gorgas
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Who was the army doctor appointed to govern Cuba after the spanish-american war
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Leonard Wood
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Who said the US should "walk softly and carry a big stick"
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Theodore Roosevelt
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What country controlled Panama before the US helped the area rebel
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Columbia
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What bodies of water are connected by the Panama canal
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Atlantic of Pacific Oceans
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Who was president when the Panama Canal was begun
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Who was the chief engineer of the Panama Canal
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Goethals
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What islands were bought by the US to protect the Panama canal
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Virgin Islands
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What country sold the virgin islands to the US
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Denmark
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Who was President of the US when it purchased the Virgin Islands
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Woodrow Wilson
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What American naval base was established on Cuba to help protect the Panama Canal
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Guantanamo Bay
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What mechanisms are built into the Panama Canal to raise and lower water levels so ships could pass through
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canal locks
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What country did many Americans feel a canal should be built rather than in Panama
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Nicaragua
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Through what country did the US build a canal
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Panama
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Who was President of the US when the Panama Canal opened
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Woodrow Wilson
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What act made the people of Puerto Rico citizens of the US
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Jones Act
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