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| This is the money a person earns |
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| The U.S. started to tax people on their income and it helped the government pay for things like ___________, _______, and ______________________. |
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| Schools, roads, and cleaner water |
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| Everyone who works has to pay a portion of thier income to the U.S. government called an _________________. |
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| What war was a result of some U.S. leaders wanting to build an empire after the U.S. added Alaska and Hawaii? |
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| When was the Spanish American War? |
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| A U.S. ship in ______________, ________ expoided and through yellow journalism reporters immediately blamed _____________. |
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Havana, Cuba
reporters blamed Spain |
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| What is Yellow Journalism? |
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| Making up things that exaggerate the news to influence people |
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| After the U.S. ship blew up in Havana, Cuba the U.S. declared war on _________. What was the name of this war and who won? |
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Spain
Spanish American War
The United States won |
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| By winning the Spanish American War, the U.S. got which U.S. territories? |
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| Puerto Rico, Philippines, and the island of Guam |
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| What does it mean to be a U.S. territory? |
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| The United States owns the area but it is NOT a state. |
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| Who was the leader of the Rough Riders? |
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| Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt |
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| The Rough Riders were famous for fighting in which war? During what year? |
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| Spanish American War, 1898 |
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| After leading the Rough riders in the Spanish American War, who later became the president of the United States? |
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| Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt |
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