New States and Territories

The United States purchased Alaska from

• Russia

• Hawaii

• Spain

• Puerto Rico

Seward believed that Alaska had vast natural resources.

• false

• true

Alaska became a state in

• 1892

• 1901

• 2020

• 1959

______ overthrew the Queen of Hawaii in 1893.

• Homesteaders

• rough riders

• American businessmen

• Alaskans

The Hawaiian queen wanted Hawaii to become part of the United States.

• True

• False

The United States wanted to build a naval base in ______ in Hawaii in 1898

• Pineapple Village

• Pearl Harbor

• Guantanamo Bay

• Gold Harbor

To annex means to

• form an alliance with

• ask for help

• borrow

• take over

Hawaii became a state in

• 1776

• 1492

• 1959

• 1859

The U.S.S. Maine was sent to _______ to protect American citizens there.

• Cuba

• France

• Spain

• Maine

Newspaper headlines about the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine blamed _______.

• France

• Spain

• Paris

• Puerto Rico