Sewards' Folly
William Seward wanted to buy this state.
What is Alaska?
This author was the President of the Naval War College.
Who is Alfred Thayer Mahan?
She was the last Queen of Hawaii.
Who is Queen Liliuokalani?
This is the year the Spanish-American War started and ended.
What is 1898?
This man organized a volunteer unit during the war.
Who is TR or Teddy Roosevelt?
William Seward bought a large piece of land from this country.
What is Russia?
This popular book was written in the late 1800s' and supported the idea of a strong navy.
What is The Influence of Sea Power Upon History?
The US established a Naval base at this location in Hawaii.
What is Pearl Harbor?
Give 2 reasons why the US decided to go to war with Spain.
What is the Maine, De Lome Letter, mistreatment of Cubans, US wanted to take over Cuba?
This is the name of the volunteer unit that fought in the Spanish-American war.
What is the Rough Riders?
At the time William Seward made his purchase, the American public thought this about it.
Alfred Thayer Mahan believed the only way for the US to become a superpower was to have a strong this.
What is Navy?
This businessman wanted control of Hawaiis' pineapple trade.
Who is Sanford B. Dole?
At the end of the Spanish-American War, the US received these 3 territories in addition to freeing Cuba.
What is Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico?
The volunteer unit in the Spanish-American war consisted of these 2 types of men.
What is cowboys and Ivy League grads?
William Seward paid this TOTAL amount for his folly.
What is 7.2 million dollars?
Alfred Thayer Mahan attended this academy.
What is the Naval Academy?
The US wanted to take over Hawaii for these two reasons.
What are economic and military reasons?
This is the amount the US paid Spain at the end of the war.
What is 20 million?
This is the battle, in the Spanish-American War, where the commander of the volunteer unit was wounded.
What is San Juan Hill?
William Seward paid this much an acre for his folly.
What is 2 cents an acre?
After Alfred Thayer Mahans' book came out, the US decided to improve this.
What is the Navy?
This is the year Hawaii became a state.
What is 1959?
This is the Treaty that was signed to end the Spanish-American War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This is the total number of casualties taken by the volunteer unit in the Spanish-American War.
What is 89?