8Ch7 Rise to World Power

Some Americans believed that George Washington supported trade with other countries and did not want the United States to be isolated from them.

• true

• false

The United States bought Alaska from the Native Americans.

• true

• false

In 1893 Hawaiian rebels overthrew the Hawaiian queen.

• true

• false

The people of Cuba had lived under Mexican rule for centuries.

• true

• false

The United States recognized Panama’s independence immediately.

• true

• false

granted U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans

• Jones Act

• Treaty of Kanagawa

• imperialism

• expansionism

section of a country in which a foreign nation enjoys special rights and powers

• sphere of influence

• territory

• imperialism

• expansionism

narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of water

• isthmus

• peninsula

• island

• landlocked

area that is completely controlled by another country

• territory

• isthmus

• sphere of influence

• imperialism

plan in which Japan opened two ports to American trading ships

• Treaty of Kanagawa

• Treaty of Paris

• League of Nations

• Treaty of Tortillas