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America World Power
Mrs. Shelton
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which English explorer first discovered the Hawaiian Islands? When? | Cook 1778 |
| Who was the first white man to visit the area of Alaska? | Bering |
| Who was Lincoln's Secretary of State? | Seward |
| Who urged congress to purchase Alaska? | William Seward |
| What area of land was purchased by the US in 1867? | Alaska |
| What was the area's nickname? | Seward's Icebox |
| What is the metal whose discovery made many people rush to Alaska? | Gold |
| What body of water lied north of Alaska? | Arctic |
| What nation sold Alaska to the US? | Russia |
| What narrow body of water separates Asia from North America? | Bering Strait |
| What area of Russia is close to Alaska? | Siberia |
| What country borders Alaska on the East? | Canada |
| In Admission to statehood, what number is Alaska? | 49 |
| Who was the commander of the US fleet that opened Japan to US trade? | Matthew C. Perry |
| Who gave America its claim to the Hawaiian Islands? | Robert Gray |
| What are a group of islands in which early united states possession in the Pacific Ocean were located? | Samoa |
| What is the site of the US naval base on the Samoan Islands? | PagoPago |
| What product of the Hawaiian Island did American desire? | Sugar |
| What man set up Pineapple plantations in Hawaii? | Dole |
| What is the process by which the US took over Hawaii? | Annexation |
| What is the term for people who wanted the US to gain new territories? | Expansionist |
| Who was the president who blocked the attempt to make Hawaii a possession of the US? | Cleveland |
| Who was President when Hawaii was annexed? | McKinley |
| Who was the last Hawaiian monarch? | Queen L |
| In admission to statehood, what number was Hawaii? | 50 |
| Who was the secretary of state who opened trade with China? | John Hay |
| What is the idea that every nation would have equal trading rights with China? | Open Door Policy |
| What is the policy of extending the rule of an empire or nation over foreign countries? | Imperialism |
| In what country did the Boxer Rebellion occur? | China |
| What nation controlled the Philippine Islands before 1898? | Spain |
| What two islands in the Pacific Ocean did the United States taken in 1898? | Guam and Wake |
| What is a long, narrow island in the West Indies controlled by spain before 1898? | Cuba |
| In what sea is Cuba situated? | Caribbean |
| What is Cuba's largest city? | Havana |
| What country controlled Puerto Rico before 1898? | Spain |
| What war lasted only 100 days? | Spanish American war |
| What three territories were gained by the US from Spain at the end of the Spanish-American War? | Cuba, Philippines & Puerto Rico |
| What is the practice of featuring sensational news with large headlines to sell papers? | Yellow Journalism |
| Who was the man whose newspaper helped get the US into the Spanish-American War? | Hearst |
| What is information or ideas that are spread to help or hurt a cause, group, or nation? | Propaganda |
| What are small groups of fighters who strike suddenly without warning and then disappear? | Guerillas |
| In what Cuban crop did many Americans invest? | Sugar cane |
| What is a feeling of pride in your country? | Patriotism |
| What battleship was sent to protect Americans living in Havana? | Maine |
| What ship whose destruction caused the US to declare war on spain? | Maine |
| In what harbor was the Maine blown up? | Havana Harbor |
| Who was the most famous rough rider during american's war with Spain? | Theodore Roosevelt |
| What place did the Rough Rider charge? | San Juan Hill |
| Who was the US Admiral at Manila Bay? | Denny |
| On what bay is Manila a seaport? | Manila Bay |
| Where is Manila? | Philippines |
| Who was the Pilipino leader that wanted his nation to become independent in 1898? | Aguinaldo |
| What insect did the army doctors found carry yellow fever? | Mosquitoes |
| What two diseases killed many Americans in Cuba? | Yellow fever and malaria |
| What battle ship was late to Cuba? | Oregon |
| What country had started to build the Panama Canal but failed? | France |
| What cuban doctor believed that yellow fever was carried by mosquitoes? | Finley |
| Who was the American doctor who headed the Yellow Fever Commission, who discovered the cause of Yellow Fever? | Reede |
| Who helped stamp out yellow fever in Panama before building the canal? | Gorgas |
| Who was the army doctor appointed to govern Cuba after the war? | General Wood |
| Who said the US should "walk softly and carry a big stick" | Theodore Roosevelt |
| What country controlled Panama before the US helped the area rebel? | Spain |
| What bodies of water are connected by the Panama Canal? | Pacific and Atlantic |
| Who was president when the Panama Canal was begun? | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Who was the chief engineer of the Panama Canal? | Goethals |
| What island were brought by the US to protect the Panama Canal? | Virgin |
| What country sold the virgin islands to the US? | Denmark |
| Who was president of the US when it purchased the Virgin Islands? | Wilson |
| What American naval base was established on Cuba to help protect the Panama Canal? | Guantanamo |
| What mechanisms are built into the Panama Canal to raise and lower water levels so ships could pass through them? | Locks |
| What country did many Americans feel the Panama Canal should have been built through rather than Panama? | Nicaragua |
| Through what country did the US build the canal? | Panama |
| Who was president of the US when the Panama Canal opened? | Wilson |
| What act made the people of Puerto Rico citizens of the US? | Jones Act |
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