Economic Power
U.S. Trades
Spanish American War
Panama Canal
Alaska & Hawaii
100

The U.S. had many new inventions. What were the 3 inventions we know about?

Electric lightbulb, telephone & automobile

100

The U.S. goal was to trade with who?

Japan

100

The U.S. wanted to protect the countries it traded with so it created a policy called what?

Monroe Doctrine

100

Panama gave the United States the right to the land to build the Panama Canal by supporting them getting their independence from which country?

Colombia

100

 Alaska was purchased by the United States from which country?

Russia

200

Money equaled?  Government =?

Money= Raw material

U.S. = Government

200

What did the U.S. do to persuade Japan to trade with them?

Sent 4 battleships to impress Japan.

200

Spain controlled what two countries?

Puerto Rico & Cuba

200

What continent needed to be sailed around prior to the Panama Canal to travel by ship from one side of the United States to the other?

South America

200

Why was the purchase of Alaska by the United States referred to as “Seward’s Folly”?

Americans thought it was a bargin or mistake.

300

U.S. were making more and better goods. So they started looking for?

Places to ship them around the world.

300

Who was the president at this time?

Theordore Roosevelt
300

What was the name of the U.S. ship that mysteriously sunk?

U.S.S. Maine

300

U.S. paid how much to build the canal & how many workers?

10 Million & 40,000 workers

300

What was the main reason the United States wanted to control Hawaii?

To use it as a navy base to refuel ships.

400

The U.S. was rich in what?

Technology, factories & resources

400

What was the tour called they went on to persuade other countries?

Great White Fleet

400

What was yellow journalism?

Newspapers and media printing exaggerated or false news.

400

Traveling by ship was very long and slow. What oceans did they have to go through?

Atlantic Ocean & Pacific Ocean

400

Americans used Hawaii fertile land for?

Fruit Plantation

500

Those rich resources were used needed for what?

To expand its power.

500

They toured how many ports & continents?

20 Ports; 6 continents

500

U.S defeated Spain & gained control over what countries?

Puerto Rico, Guam. Phillipeans

500

The panama canal made the trip how much shorter?

8,000 miles instead of 12,000

500

Hawaii was used in the Spanish-American war as?

Navy Base