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Purchase of Alaska
- United states acquire Alaska from Russia
- Purchase gave the U.S. 586.412 square miles
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Purchase of Alaska
- U.S. acquired new territory from Russia
- Klondike showed value of Alaska along with abundant natural resources
- Cost of Alaska was 7.2 million
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Yellow Journalism
- Type of faulty journalism
- Little or no legit proof of reports
- Fanned flames for the Spanish American War
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Takeover in Hawaii
- Important stop for resupplying U.S. ships in the pacific
- Military expansion for future conquests in Pacific
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Takeover in Hawaii
- U.S. annexes Hawaii
- Military bases and other supply buildings built on islands
- Hawaiian monarchy dis-established
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America Claims Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
- American Victory in Spanish American War
- Claimed protectorate of Cuba and Puerto Rico
- Collapse of Spanish Empire
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Yellow Journalism
- Fueled Spanish American War
- Yellow journalism started todays tabloids
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The Spanish American War
- Spain in control of Cuba
- Yellow journalism had part in starting war
- U.S.S Maine exploded from Spanish mine
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America Claims Guam, The Philippines, and Puerto Rico
- U.S. lay claimes to Guam, Philippines and Puerto Rico
- Protectorate due to naval bases
- Naval bases for fueling in Pacific
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Teddy Rosevelt and the Rough Riders
- 1898, Rosevelt resigned from assist. sect. of Navy to organise rough riders
- helped take key points in Cuba
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Teddy Rosevelt and the Rough Riders
- Led rough riders on important missions
- Captured San Juan Hill, key point in battle
- Spanish fled Cuba
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The Spanish American War
- War with Spain ensued
- U.S. crushes spanish armies in Cuba and Philiphines
- U.S. gained Guam, Puerto Rico, Philiphines
- Cuba and Puerto Rico become protectorates of America
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Open Door Policy in China
- Economic gain for all nations wanting China's vast markets
- America and other nations sold good to chinese people
- Religious reasons
- Chinese basically hated the policy
- Boxer rebellion started
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Boxer Rebellion
- Chinese thought impervious to foreign weapons
- Economical and religious supporting
- Stormed foreign sector of Beijing
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Open Door Policy in China
- Chinese hated countries coming in and selling to them
- Boxer rebellion started due to chinese hate of foreignors
- China's Resources and Markets open
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America Gets Involved with Venezuela, Nicaragua and Panama
- Panama canal
- Venezuela protected by U.S. from British war
- U.S. provived political support agaisnt president Zelaya in Nicaragua.
- 1903, Panama constitutional democracy
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Boxer Rebellion
- Beijing besieged for 55 days
- Rebellion crushed
- Chinese forced to pay 450 million taels of silver for reprimands
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Mexican Revolution
- Major armed struggled agaisnt autocrats
- Porfirio Diaz became dictator in Mexico
- Sent para-military forces into the countryside to force votes for him
- became the dictator he warned the people about
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America Gets Involved in Venezuela, Nicaragua and Panama
- Panama Canal built for economic reason
- Shortened timespans of trade for U.S.
- Marines help occupy Nicaragua for rebellion starting 1912-1933
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Mexican Revolution
- another counter revolution rose up
- Germans funded leader of counter rev. to keep U.S. occupied on him
- German ship carried illegal arms for counter rev. discovered
- Ship managed to dock at another port
- U.S. and Mexican relations further damaged
