policy of controlling foreign lands

man who proved that mosquitoes spread yellow fever

the gathering and presenting of news by newspapers and magazines

lines on a map that run up and down

man who bought Alaska from Russia for the United States

What was difficult for steamships to get?

Who is the commander in chief of the military?

What made traveling around the world by ship easier after the Civil War?

Who goes to another country to represent his own?

What did Americans view as something special from the earliest days?

What item did Cuba export to the United States but was being destroyed by the war?

Which of these is NOT a reason America wanted to expand

the idea that America should spread from one ocean to another is called MANIFEST DESTINY

The United States STOPPED expanding after 1853.

Some countries wanted to build a BLOCKADE as a shortcut through Central America.

A line that compares distances on a map to distances in the real world is called a KEY.

Theodore Roosevelt helped lead the ROUGH RIDERS in the Battle of San Juan Hill.

The ocean that is on the west coast of the United States is the ____________ ocean.

The ocean that touches the east coast of the United States is the _________ ocean.

The country to the north of the United States is __________.

The ocean that is north of Canada is the ___________ocean.

The country that is south of the United States is __________.