Purchase of Alaska and Annexation of Hawaii

Match the following countries with the territories that the U.S. purchased from them.

• American Samoa

• Germany

• Alaska

• Russia

• Louisiana Purchase

• England

• Okinawa Islands

• Japan

Secretary of State William Seward did (a)   get permission from congress before making the purchase.

• Yes
• No

The USA purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867. How much did the American government pay for the territory?

• $25,000

• $7.2 Million

• $900 Million

• It was basically free because we won the war fought over it.

What did the people of the U.S. jokingly call the purchase of Alaska?

• Seward's Folly
• Alaska's joke
• Seward's joke
• Alaska's Folly

Alaska became the (a)   state after it was admitted to the United States.

• 49
• 48
• 47
• 50

What was one benefit of the U.S. purchasing Alaska?

• gold
• people
• soil
• water

One benefit of the U.S. purchasing Alaska was (a)   .

• oil
• sand
• soil
• people

Match the following historical figures with their contributions to US power expansion.

• William Howard Taft is remembered for:

• leading troops in the Spanish American War 

• Sanford B. Dole is remembered for:

• working for annexation of Hawaii as a state 

• Theodore Roosevelt is remembered for:

• negotiating treaties with the Philippine gov't 

• Alfred T. Mahan is remembered for:

• passing legislation to increase funding for the navy 

The U.S. wanted control of Hawaii for its' resources.

• True

• False

Hawaii’s leader during the U.S. annexation was a ___________.

• Queen

• King

• President

• Prince