Alaska and Hawaii

Alaska and Hawaii

Multiple Choice

How much did the United States pay for Alaska?

• $5 million

• $7.2 million

• $1000

• $1 million

Multiple Choice

The purchase stopped Russia from

• expansionism

• trade

• war

• annexation

Multiple Choice

Who purchased Alaska?

• George Washington

• William McKinley

• William Seward

• Beyonce

Multiple Choice

What Natural Resources were discovered in Alaska?

• Sugar and Spices

• Oil and Gold

• coal and oil

• lumber and diamonds

Multiple Choice

What did Americans think of the Alaska Purchase?

• good for new jobs and exploration

• they wanted to immediately move there

• smart business deal

• nothing more than a block of ice

Multiple Choice

Americans moved to Hawaii to become

• rice farmers

• tourists

• sugar planters

• fisherman

Multiple Choice

Why did Queen Lili want to get rid of American Sugar planters

• unwanted influences

• overcrowded

• bossy

• unwanted taxes

Multiple Choice

Why did American Sugar Planters overthrow Queen Lili?

• to form their own government

• to get rid of tariffs on Sugar

• they did not like her

• she was ruining their business

Multiple Choice

How did the U.S benefit from the annexation of Hawaii?

• Sugar as a Natural Resource

• Coconuts as a Natural Resource

• Pearly Harbor as a Military base

• A and C