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U.S. History II
America's Expansion as a World Power 1865-1898
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03/03/2005

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America's primary economic interest in Mexico in the late nineteenth centry was in
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oil
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The area of the world that witnessed the most rapid U.S. investment in the late nineteenth centry was
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Latin America
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The famous naval officer who wrote The Influence of Sea Power on History was
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Alfred Mahan
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The United States liked Somoa and Hawaii because of their
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location for naval bases
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The United States did no anex Hwaii in 1893 because
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President Cleveland opposed it
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Between 1865 and 1898, the U.S. expanded is world interests in all of the following was except
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acquiring the Virgin Islands
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Alfred Thayer Mahan
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advocated increased United States naval strength in the world
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The Baltimore Affair demonstrated America's
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superior attitude when it came to dealing with Latin America
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The use of force through the Monroe Doctrine was first threatened as a result of the
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Venezuelan boundary dispute
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Josiah Strong represented the
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Hawaiian Revolution of 1893
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U.S. investment in Central America centered in
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fruit
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The Pan American Union was the forerunner to the
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Organization of American States
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