Places
What country won the Spanish-American War?
The United States
Who urged the US government to purchase Alaska?
William Seward
Arkansas
Little Rock
Indiana
Indianapolis
Russia
What was Alaska called before the US purchased it?
Russian American
Delaware
Dover
Minnesota
St. Paul
Alaska is separated from the continental United States by the country of _________?
Who discovered Hawaii?
Captain James Cook
Illinois
Springfield
Kansas
Topeka
Without using the Panama Canal, ships would have to sail around the tip of what country?
South America
The purpose of the Spanish-American War was set to free which country from Spain?
Cuba
Columbus
Lansing
Where was gold discovered in 1896, which changed the American's view of this territory?
Alaska
What were the two states added to the Union in 1959?
Hawaii and Alaska
South Dakota
Pierre
Wisconsin
Madison
During the Spanish-American War, where did Admiral Dewey destroy the Spanish fleet?
Philippine Islands
Who did the US give ownership of the Panama Canal to in 2000?
Panama
What was the first country to try to build the Panama Canal?
France
Rough Riders
William Gorgas was successful in destroying mosquitoes in Cuba and _________?
Panama
Americans blamed the Spanish for the sinking of which ship just before the Spanish-American War?
Maine