Unit 4: Concept Checkpoint #2 (Alaska, Hawaii, + Others)

What does "annex" / "annexation" mean?

• To observe

• To form an alliance with

• to grant independence

• To takeover

Match the following of how the US acquired (got) each territory

• Annexed as a US territory

• Hawaii

• Actually independent by US still present

• Alaska

• Acquired as a result of the Spanish-American War

• Cuba

• Brought for $20 million after war

• Philippines

• Purchased from Russia for $7.2 million

• Puerto Rico

What is the Foraker Act in Puerto Rico?

• Gives Puerto Ricans US citizenship just not all US rights

• Says US can intervene in Puerto Rico

• Puerto Rico must become the 27th state in America

• Grants Puerto Rico power to take over the Philippines

Why was the purchase of Alaska originally thought of as a mistake?

• Americans thought Canada would invade

• Americans were upset it cost $849 billion dollars

• American believed Alaska was just ice & snow

• Americans knew it would drag the US into WWI

How did Alaska turn out to benefit the US?

• It allowed the US to take over Toronto, Canada

• It provided all the soldiers for the Spanish American War

• It gave the US resources such as OIL, minerals, & timber