History Quiz 28 |Friday March 1|

The name for Alaska when Russia owned it was

• Alaska Land
• Czar's Domain
• Russian America
• Siberian Territory

The Secretary of State who purchased Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 and many American's made fun of the purchased calling it "Seward's icebox was

• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• William Seward

____ was separated from the continental US by the country of _____ and was admitted as our 49th state 1959.

• California, Japan
• Texas, Russia
• Hawaii, Mexico
• Alaska, Canada

The discovery of ____ in 1896 changed many American's mind about the value of the Alaskan territory.

• silver
• diamonds
• gold
• oil

Who discovered the Hawaiian Islands in 1778?

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Vasco da Gama
• Captain James Cook
• Christopher Columbus

___ became our 50th state in 1959.

• Hawaii
• Cuba
• Alaska
• Puerto Rico

The United States battleship that was sunk while stationed in Cuba (the event that led to the Spanish American war)

• USS Florida
• USS Texas
• USS California
• USS Maine

The PURPOSE of the Spanish American war was to set ____ free from Spain.

• Cuba
• Brazil
• Puerto Rico
• Mexico

Who was sent to the Philippine Islands to destroy the fleet of Spanish ships stationed there during the Spanish American War?

• Admiral George Dewey
• Admiral Horatio Nelson
• Captain James Cook
• General Robert E. Lee

Who was the leader of the Rough Riders during the Spanish American War that later became President of the United States?

• Abraham Lincoln
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Theodore Roosevelt