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ch. 6 world power
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alaska | purchase from russia for 2 cents an acre, for total of 7.2 million dollars |
| hawaii | gave us presence in the pacific ocean and eventually a military base. became the 50th state |
| annex | when a larger country protects and supports a smaller country in exchange for there cooperation |
| yellow jurnalism | false or exaggerated reporting the news |
| USS Maine | battleship sent by president William McKinley in 1898 to Cuba's Havana harbor to protect the lives and property of america in Cuba during Cuba's revolution from Spanish rule |
| Spanish american war | congress declared war on s |
| Theodore Roosevelt |