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chapter 6 vocab
Social Studys
Term | Definition |
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Alaska | Purchased by Russia for 2 cents a acre, for a total of 7.2 million dollers. It was the 49th state. |
Hawaii | gave the U.S a presence in the pacific Ocean and eventually a military base. |
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. |
USS Mainee | battleship sent by President William McKinley in 1898 to Cuba's Havana harbor to protect the lives and property of Americans in Cuba during Cuba's revolution from 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 (Teddy) 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 he was elected President of the United States. |