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Test 14
Chapter 16
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History
4th Grade
01/02/2013

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Theodore Roosevelt
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led the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War
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Alaska
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49th states to join the Union
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Canada
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the country that separates Alaska from the continental U.S.
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William Seward
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purchased "Seward's icebox"
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James Cook
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discovered the Hawaiian Islands
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France
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the first country to try to build the Panama Canal
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George Dewey
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destroyed a fleet in the Philippine Islands
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William Gorgas
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successful in destroying disease-carrying mosquitoes in Cuba and Panama
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Hawaii
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the 50th state to join the Union
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Maine
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American ship sunk just before the Spanish-American War began
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Panama
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the country through which a canal was built to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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Philippine Islands
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where Admiral Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet during the Spanish-American War
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Russia
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the country that sold Alaska to the U.S.
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Spain
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blamed by the Americans for the sinking of the Main just before the Spanish-American War began
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Theodore Roosevelt
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fought in the Spanish-American War and later became President of the United States
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United States
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the country that won the Spanish-American War
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William H. Seward
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urged the U.S. government to purchase Alaska
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gold
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discovered in Alaska in 1896
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Russian America
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what Alaska was called before it was purchased by the U.S.
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set Cuba free from Spain
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the purpose of the Spanish-American War
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two results of the Spanish-American War
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1. Spain gave Cuba her freedom
2. U.S. received several islands from Spain
3. U.S. seen as a world power
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