Chapter 23 Lesson 1 Seeking New Frontiers

The idea that a nation should not involve itself in the affairs of other nations is called _______________.

• isolationism

• expansionism

• annexation

• imperialism

The Treaty of Kanagawa opened ports in _______________.

• Alaska

• China

• Japan

• Latin America

The United States was the only nation interested in trading with Asia in the 1800s.

• True

• False

________ was discovered in Alaska in the 1890s.

• oil

• copper

• gold

• silver

Alaska was purchased in 1867 by _______________.

• William H. Seward

• Matthew Perry

• James Blaine

• Josiah Strong

The US paid Russia how much money for the purchase of Alaska?

• $10 million

• $5.6 million

• $20 million

• $7.2 million

Who created the Pan American Union?

• James G. Blaine

• Alfred Thayer Mahan

• William Seward

• Theodore Roosevelt

What was the nickname(s) for the purchase of Alaska?

• Seward's Frozen Tundra

• Seward's Icebox

• Seward's Folly

• polar bear garden

The practice of spreading a nation's territorial or economic control beyond its borders:

• Imperialism

• Sphere of Influence

• Isolationism

• Expansionism

Josiah Strong believed that imperialism could help "civilize" people in other lands.

• True

• Falso