US Imperialism

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What is imperialism?

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When one country takes over another country

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The United States acquired Alaska from

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Russia

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Why was Alaska called "Seward's folly"?

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It was a frozen wasteland with no known resources

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Noninvolvement in world affairs is...

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isolationism

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In Hawaii, Americans who owned plantations there overthrew the Hawaiian monarchy and took over. How did the United States get Hawaii after that?

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We annexed them.

Answer explanation

Annex = walk in and take over.

*Sanford DOLE was one of the plantation owners. Does his name sound familiar?

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When a country goes into another country and takes over without a war, it is called-

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annexation

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The group of volunteer calvary forces run by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War was called the-

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Rough Riders

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When newspapers (and magazines, etc.) print exaggerated or untrue news articles, it is called-

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yellow journalism

Answer explanation

"Yellow" journalism is named after one of the earliest comic strip characters, "The Yellow Kid".

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What ship had a huge explosion in 1898 that killed 260 Americans?

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The USS Maine

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What idea or belief states that Americans have a God-given right to expand west?

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Manifest Destiny