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Ch.6 World Power
Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alaska | Purchased from Russia for 2 cents an acre, for a total of 7.2 million dollars. Important natural resources were fur trade, fishing,and gold. Became the 49th state. |
| Hawaii | Gave the U.S. a presence in the Pacific Ocean and eventually a military base. Became 50th state. |
| Annex | When a larger country protects and supports a smaller country in exchange for their cooperation |
| Yellow Journalism | False or exaggerated reporting in the news. It sold more papers and gave greater political power because it was a way of controlling voters' opinion. |
| USS Marine | Battleship sent by Presidents William McKinley in 1898 to Cuba's Havana harbor to protect the lives and property of Americans in Cuba during Cuba's revolution form Spanish rule. |
| Spanish American War | Congress declared war on Spain on April 25,1898. Nearly 1 million Americans volunteered to fight. Established the U.S. as a world power. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Assistant secretary of the Navy left his job to organize a group of volunteer soldiers to fight. He became a national hero and later was elected President of the United States. |
| Rough Riders | A group of cowboys, Native Americans, college athletes, and wealthy New Yorkers led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish American War. |
| Buffalo Soldiers | Units of experienced African American Soldiers who got their name form fighting against Native Americans on the Great Plains. |
| San Juan Hill | American troops defeated the Spanish troops at the battle of San Juan Hill. The rough rider and the buffalo Soldiers joined with other troops there. |
| August 1898 | |
| isthmus | |
| Walter Reed | |
| Three Problems |
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