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He was the general of the 7th cavalry and killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
General Custer
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In the 1800's and 1900's the US became an imperial nation. Name 5 countries the US gained during this time.
Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, Hawaii, the Philippines
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Which president annexed Hawaii?
William McKinley
Teddy Rosevelt
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
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He was the Spanish general in Cuba that ordered the farmers and villagers into "reconcentration camps", causing thousands to die.
General Weyler
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Give two reasons why the people of Cuba wanted to be independent of Spain.
High taxes, no representation in the government, Spanish in Cuba controlled most of the land
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He was a holy man and war chief of the Lakota Sioux.
Sitting Bull
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The purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867 was known as...
Seward Folly or Seward's Icebox
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He is the president of Russia that invaded the Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin
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He was a British navigator that claimed Australia for England and made contact with the Hawaiians. He was boiled after being killed after a conflict with the native Hawaiians.
Capitan James Cook
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These were the supernatural spirits or ancestral spirits of the Tainos.
Zemis
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He was sent to Japan with warships to intimidate the isolated nation to trade with the US.
Commodore Matthew Perry
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President McKinley sent this to Cuba after the people revolted against Spain.
USS Maine
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He was the president of the US when Alaska was purchased.
Andrew Johnson
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They were white Hawaiians that forced the king to sign a constitution which took away the voting rights of native Hawaiians.
The Hawaiian League
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Give 5 modern day words that come from the Tainos.
Canoe, Tobacco, Potato, Hurricane, Barbeque
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She was the first and last queen of Hawaii.
Liliuokalani
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What are the 3 reasons for imperialism?
Economic, Military, Cultural
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He is the president of Ukraine and leading his people in a fight for independence.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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He was a Taino and chief that fought against the Spanish in Cuba. He was eventually captured and burned alive.
Hatuey
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They were the native people of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, the Bahamas and Jamaica.
The Tainos
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He was the first king of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Kamehameha the Great
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What is the message in this political cartoon?
The US wanted to be involved in China and used the Philippines as a stepping stone to that goal.
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These are the 4 presidents on Mount Rushmore.
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln
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He was the first governor of the Territory of Hawaii after it was annexed by the United States. His family own a major food company today.
Sanford B. Dole
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How did the Polynesians navigate the Pacific without modern technology?
Star Compass, Clouds, Sun, Birds, Fish