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Matthew Perry
US Commodore who opened Japan to foreign trade in 1853 -
William Seward
Sec of State who purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867 for 7.2 million -
Rev. Josiah Strong
Author of Our Country (1885) that states Americans were a special God favored Anglo Saxon race destined to Christianize and "civilize" -
Queen Liliuokalani
Last native ruler of Hawaii deposedby US marines in 1893 -
Captain Alfred Mahan
US naval officer and author of The Influence of Sea Power Upon History who believed a strong navy was teh key to world power -
Senators Henry Cabot Lodge and Albert Beveridge
Expansionist Congressmen who believed colonies were essential to world trade