Becoming a World Power

Policy of having little to do with the political affairs of other nations.

• Communism

• Expansionism

• Isolationism

• Don't Bother Me

The policy of extending one's national boundaries.

• Domination

• Isolationism

• Imperialism

• Expansionism

Japan signed this treaty that accepted American demands to help shipwrecked sailors & open ports.

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Kanagawa

• Free Trade

• H.E.L.P

William Seward purchased which piece of land from Russia for $7.2 million.

• Alaska

• South America

• New York

• Utah

In 1959, Alaska was admitted as our ______ state.

• 62nd

• 4th

• 49th

• 50th

Powerful countries seeking to control the economic & political affairs of weaker countries.

• Dictatorship

• Imperialism

• Expansionism

• Sectionalism

This chain of islands became our 50th state in 1959.

• Long Island

• Ireland

• Bahamas

• Hawaii

This secret society led a rebellion to rid China of "foreign devils."

• Boxer Rebellion

• WW I

• Civil War

• Get Out Rebellion

These sensational stories were often biased or untrue.

• Muckrakers

• National Enquirer

• Tabloids

• Yellow Journalism

Cuba was rebelling against which country?

• United States

• Spain

• Italy

• France