U.S. chapter 16

Question 1

territory

Answer 1

an area of land owned by the United States that has not yet became state; people living there cannot vote in elections or chose their own governor

Question 2

canal

Answer 2

man made waterway

Question 3

Russian America

Answer 3

name for Alaska when Russia owned it

Question 4

William H. Seward

Answer 4

Secretary of State who purchased Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000

Question 5

Seward’s Icebox

Answer 5

name given to Alaska by those who thought that Alaska was a worthless frozen land

Question 6

Captain James Cook

Answer 6

English explorer who discovered Hawaii

Question 7

Maine

Answer 7

United States battleship that was sunk while stationed in Cuba; the event which led to the Spanish-American War

Question 8

Admiral George Dewey

Answer 8

American admiral sent the Philippine Islands to destroy the fleet of Spanish ships stationed there during the Spanish-American War

Question 9

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 9

leader of the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War; later became President of the United States

Question 10

Rough Riders

Answer 10

group of soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt which became famous for their part in winning the Battle of San Juan Hill

Question 11

Colonel William Gorgas

Answer 11

army doctor who successfully destroyed the disease-carrying mosquitoes in Cuba and in Cuba and in the Panama Canal Zone

Question 12

San Juan Hill

Answer 12

place where the most important land battle of the Spanish-American

Question 13

Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico

Answer 13

territories the United States received from Spain at the close of the Spanish-American War

Question 14

Isthmus of Panama

Answer 14

narrow strip of land which connected North and South America until the Panama Canal was built