| Term | Definition |
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Alaska |
a vast land of over 500,000 square miles |
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Juneau |
Alaska's capital |
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Alaska's resources |
fish, lumber, and oil |
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2 cents an acre |
what the US paid for Alaska |
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James Cook |
opened the door for Christian missionaries to arrrive in Hawaii |
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Queen Liliuokalani |
Hawaii's ruler |
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Honolulu |
capital city of Hawaii |
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William McKinley |
sent the battleship USS Maine to protect Americans in Havanna, Cuba |
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Spanish-American War |
proved that the US had become a world power |
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Rough Riders |
group of volunteers that went with Theodore Roosevelt to Cuba to fight |
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Buffalo Soldiers |
African American soldiers who fought against the Spanish in the Battle of San Juan Hill |