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A show of force by Commodore Perry in 1853 led _________ to sign a trade agreement

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Japan

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Guerrillas in __________ urged the US in a rebellion against Spain

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Cuba

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Yellow Journalism

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Rallied support against Spain

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Hawaii

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Annexed by the US in 1898 as a naval outpost in the pacific

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Thousands on both sides were killed when the US battled rebels in the _________

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Philippines

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Building empires by exerting political, economic, and military control

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Imperialism

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The Panama Canal

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Greatly reduced shipping distance from the east to west coast

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Midway island

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Annexed in 1867

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Independent country controlled by an outside power

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Protectorate

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Remember the Maine

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Ship that exploded

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Some believe that the US has a duty to spread values like _________ around the world

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Democracy

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The Roosevelt Corollary

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Stated that the US could act as a “police power” with its neighbor s to restore order

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Avoiding involvement in other countries

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Isolationism

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The US assisted rebels in a revolt against _____________ to have a canal built in Panama

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Columbia

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Many called the war with Spain the ____________

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Splendid little war

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Dollar Diplomacy

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Sought to expand influence with economic aid

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Roosevelt

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Led the rough riders in a charge on San Juan Hill

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Open door

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What the US wanted to China’s market

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Monroe Doctrine

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Stating that the US has a say in the Western Hemisphere

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A peace treaty in 1898 granted ________,________,________ to the US

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Philippines
Guam
Puerto Rico

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Narrow strip connecting two large areas

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Isthmus

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Yellow Fever and ___________ killed thousand of canal builders

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Malaria

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Turner

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Thesis said frontier mentality defined America

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___________ Destiny

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Manifest

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Speak softly, and carry a big ________.

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Stick

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Platt Amendment

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Allowed for naval bases in Cuba

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Woodrow Wilson sent US troops into Mexico to capture Pancho _________.

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Villa

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Alaska

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Purchased by Seward in 1867

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