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transcontinental railroad
made it easier to get across the US, helped shipped millions of dollars worth of goods, and took away Native American land
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manifest destiny
The belief that it was the divine mission of the US to expand domain, capitalism, and democracy across the US
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manifest destiney effects
Native Americans lost their homes, had their culture taken away from them, expiranced a lot of violence and racism, US got more territory.
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Imperalisim
making an empire
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isolationism
leaving other countries alone and focusing solely on your own country’s issues
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why were many people against imperalisim
bc the government would be too busy building empires, that they would even notice the issues going on in their on backyard
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who was alaska controlled by in the 18th and 19th century
by the Russain Empire
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why did russia decide to sell alaska
bc they lost the war with Britain and needed money
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who bought alaska
the US
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what was found in alaska in th 1890’s
gold
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the annextion of hawaii
the US over threw the kingdom of hawaii, happened bc of percieved threats to the US
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yellow journalisim
a type of news reporting that manipulates the facts in order to have a desired effect of the reader
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how did yellow journalisim manipulate the spanish american war
It made the US angry at Spain bc they made it seem like Spain blew up an american ship. This helped push the US and Spain into war in Cuba and the Philippines.
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annex
to attach as an addition
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why did the US want to annex the philephines
bc the islands were very close to China and their potential markets, also bc the US throught if they did not take control of it another power like germany or japan will instead.
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why was the pannama cancal made
the US wanted to move ships from East to West faster
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effects of panama canal
the US kicked the colombians out of panama to build the panama cancal costing 400 mil
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rosevelts foregin policy
The US finally had an overseas empire, but Theodore Rosevelt wanted to continue the growth of the US
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creation of the civil government in the Philippines
After the spanish gave the US the Philippine islands, the US started to control their government.
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Foreign Policy
how one country deals with others
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Roosevelt Corollary
the US had the authority to use military action to keep European countries out of Latin American countries.