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Ch.5 world power
Term | Definition |
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Alaska | purchased from Russia for 2 cents an acre 7.2 million dollars |
Hawaii | Became the 50th state |
annex | when a larger country protect smaller country |
yellow journalism | false reporting in the news |
USS Maine | battleship sent by president William McKinley in 1898 |
Spanish-American War | congress declared war on Spain on April 25, 1898 |
Teddy Roosevelt | Assitant of the Navy left his job to organize a group of volunteer soldiers to fight |
Rough Riders | a group of cowboys,Native Americans college athletes and wealthy New Yorkers |
Buffalo Soldiers | units of experienced African American soldiers who got their name from fighting against the Native Americans on the great plains |
San Juan hill |