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Objective 6.02

Objective 6.02. Identify areas of the United States military, economic, and political involvement and influence. Queen Liliuokalani. Last Monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Seward’s Folly. The purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. William Randolph Hearst.

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Objective 6.02

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  1. Objective 6.02 Identify areas of the United States military, economic, and political involvement and influence.

  2. Queen Liliuokalani Last Monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii

  3. Seward’s Folly The purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million

  4. William Randolph Hearst Owner of the “New York Journal”, told artist Frederick Remington ‘You supply the pictures and I’ll supply the war” in connection with the Cuban rebellion against Spain

  5. Joseph Pulitzer Owner of “The New York World”, competing newspaper against Hearst’s New York Journal, sensationalized stories to gain readership/ yellow journalism

  6. USS Maine US battleship sunk in Havana Harbor setting the stage for the Spanish-American War

  7. Theodore Roosevelt Leader of The Rough Riders, 26th President of the United States

  8. Rough Riders Volunteer Calvary organized by Theodore Roosevelt, gained fame in Spanish-American War in charge up San Juan Hill

  9. “Splendid Little War” John Hay’s description of the Spanish-American War

  10. Philippines Site of Commodore George Dewey’s defeat of the Spanish Navy

  11. Treaty of Paris, 1898 Treaty between Spain and the US that ended the Spanish and American War.

  12. Platt Amendment Amendment added to the Constitution of Cuba that said that Cuba could operate as an independent country as long as the US had final approval of any Cuban Foreign Policy decisions

  13. Panama Canal Connected the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean to keep American ships from traveling around the coast of South America

  14. Pancho Villa Raids Joined the Mexican Revolution in 1910, led raids into New Mexico, was chased into Mexico by American Calvary

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