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History
9th Grade
04/19/2007

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Term
The American Civil War is over. List three reasons for why the United States is not interested in foriegn policy.
Definition
1.Reconstruction
2.Westward Expansion
3.The Industrial Revolution
Term
The United States quickly became a World Power. Why??? (3 reasons)
Definition
1. U.S. production was outpacing.
2. Businesses and investors overseas became more common.
3. Impearlism was being practiced in many new countries.
Term
Who from Great Britain found the Hawaiian Islands?
Definition
James Cook (U.K.)
Term
When were the Hawaiian Islands found?
Definition
Year 1788.
Term
What 2 particular industries economies skyrocketed due to the number of purchases from overseas troops?
Definition
A) Sugar Cane
B) Pineapple.
Term
When did the Hawaiian Economy rise greatly?
Definition
Year 1835
Term
What was the name of the harbor that was built on Hawaiis coast by the U.S.?
Definition
Pearl Harbor
Term
What was Pearl Harbor?
Definition
A Naval base to strengthen the control of Hawaii for the United States.
Term
When was Pearl Harbor made?
Definition
Year 1835
Term
What was the Queen of Hawaii's name?
Definition
Queen Lilioukalani
Term
What year did the Hawaiian queen decide to try to reduce power of the Islands?
Definition
Year 1891
Term
American plant growers tried to convince the U.S. government to back a WHAT?
Definition
A Revolt
Term
In what year did the Hawaiian monarchy fail?
Definition
Year 1898
Term
What year did the U.S. Army name Hawaii as a protectorate?
Definition
Year 1898
Term
What is the definition of a protectorate?
Definition
The relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls.
Term
What year did Hawaii become a state?
Definition
Year 1959
Term
What year was the large icy landmass of Alaska purchased?
Definition
Year 1867
Term
Who did the United states buy Alaska from?
Definition
Russia
Term
What was the Alaskan purchase nicknamed?Why?
Definition
"Seward Holy" After the man who bought it because many felt that it was a mistake to buy the forign land.
Term
How much was the Alaskan purchase?
Definition
$2.2 million
Term
What was discovered in Yukon in 1896?
Definition
Gold. Then, oil and gas soon after.
Term
Alaska became a state in:?
Definition
1959
Term
What is the largest U.S. state?
Definition
Alaska
Term
What Hemisphere did Spain have many colonies?
Definition
The Western Hemisphere.
Term
What is it called when you report an assumed story, then wait it out to see if it is correct later?
Definition
Yellow Journalism
Term
What was the name of the Havana ported American Battleship in 1898?
Definition
The U.S.S. Maine.
Term
How many soldiers were killed in the Havanah harbor explosion?
Definition
261 American soldiers.
Term
Yellow journalism blamed Spain for doimg what in 1898?
Definition
Bombing the U.S.S. Maine.
Term
When was war declared on Spain by the American country the US?
Definition
4/24/1898
Term
These territories were taken from Spain:?
Definition
The Phillipines, Wake, and Guam.
Term
The U.S. aimed for the following Atlantic coast territorries:?
Definition
Cuba, and Puerto Rico.
Term
When the Cubans went without a fight from the spanish, the US Marines landed in:?
Definition
Santiago
Term
This was the name of Theodore Roosevelts Army:?
Definition
The Rough Riders
Term
Who all was involved in Theodore Roosevelts Army?
Definition
Whites,Blacks,Cowboys,Indians,South-Americans,and even enrolled College Students.
Term
This is the name of the period in time after the Civil War:?
Definition
Reconstruction
Term
Name two things that was on the minds of the public for the majority of the reconstruction period:?
Definition
1.Economic Growth
2.Settlement of the West
Term
Americans wanted to be associated with as many countries as possible: True/False?
Definition
FALSE
Term
What famous ideas encouraged Expansionism:
Definition
Social Darwinism
Term
How much was exported (In $'s) in the 1870's?
Definition
450 Million Dollars.
Term
How much in dollars was exported in the Early 1900's?
Definition
$1.40 Billion
Term
Impearlism:Define
Definition
Overseas Colonization
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