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Ch.6 World Power
Term | Definition |
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Alaska | purchased from Russia for 2 cents an acre, for total of 7.2 million dollars |
Hawaii | gave the U.S. a presence in the Pacific Ocean and eventually a military base |
annex | when a larer country protects and supports a smaller country in exchange for their cooperation |
yellow journalism | false or exaggerated reporting in the news |
USS Maine | An explosion destroyed the ship killing 260 Americans |
Spanish- Americans War | Congress declared war on Spain on April 25, 1898 |
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt | assistant secretary of the Navy left his job to organize a group of volunteer soldiers to fight |
Rough Riders | Native Americans, college athletes, and wealthy New Yorkers led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War |
Buffalo Soldiers | Afrricn American soldiers who got their name from fighting against the Native Americans on the Great Plains |
San Juan Hill | July 1, 1898-American troops defeated the Spanish troops at the Battle of San Juan Hill |
August 1898 | the U.S. and Spain sign a treaty to end the Spanish- American War |
isthmus | a narrow stip of land that connects two larger areas |
Walter Reed | a doctor who discoveredthat many diseases were carried by mosquitoes and tested his theory on himself |
Panama Problems | 1. United States had to get con trol of land for Panama Canal backed by the U.S. Panama Canal |