Social Studies: 4. Becoming a World Power (L)

Secretary of state who negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867

• Captain James Cook
• Dr. William Gorgas
• John Muir
• William Seward

The purchase of Alaska was known as what?

• “The glacier gaffe”
• “The icy error”
• “Polar blunder”
• “Seward’s folly”

The United States purchased Alaska from what country?

• Canada
• Finland
• Greenland
• Russia

Person who became the first westerner to land on the Hawaiian Islands

• Captain James Cook
• Admiral Dewey
• John Muir
• William Seward

Last queen of the Hawaiian Islands, she protested the American takeover of Hawaii in the 1890s

• Kilauea
• Latifah
• Lili`uokalani
• Mauna Loa

What United States warship exploded bringing about the Spanish-American War?

• USS Arizona
• USS Connecticut
• USS Maine
• USS Vermont

How did yellow journalism helped contribute to the start of the Spanish-American War?

• It forced the Spanish to negotiate.
• It inflamed public opinion in the United States against Spain.
• It provided an accurate and thorough record of events in Cuba.
• It uncovered the truth about what happened to the Maine.

President of the United States who was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz.

• William McKinley
• Theodore Roosevelt
• William Howard Taft
• Woodrow Wilson

A person who believes that all forms of government are harmful and unfair and should be eliminated. 

• anarchist 
• communist
• Libertarian
• obstructionist

African American soldiers who had been responsible for protecting settlers during the Plains Wars who fought in the Spanish-American War

• Buffalo Soldiers
• Roosevelt’s Riders
• Rough Riders
• Wildcats