called 'Seward's Folly' the purchase was made in 1867 for $7,200,000 to the Russians and giving the U.S. Northwestern natural resources gold.

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purchase, russians, U.S.

refers to the colonial expansion adopted the United States, during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The period is distinguished by an unprecedented pursuit of what has been termed "empire for empire's sake,"

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colonial, expansion, empire's sake

intended to promote domestic missionary activity in the American West. Historians suggest it may have encouraged support for imperialistic United States policy among Protestants.

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promote, domestic, encourages

a proponent of building a large navy, he said that a new, modern navy was necessary to protect the interational trade America depended on, published in 1890

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book, modern navy, protection

belligerent nationalism: extreme patriotism expressing itself especially in hostility toward other countries.

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nationalism, extreme, hostile

an armed military conflict between Spain and the United States that took place between April and August 1898, over the issues of the liberation of Cuba. Strong expansionist sentiment in the United States motivated the government.

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battle, liberation, Spain/U.S.

the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of the three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War and the only one of the three to see action

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bestowed, 1st, only one

in July 1898, Congress Made Hawaii a U.S. territory, for the use of the islands as naval ports. Queen of Hawaii who gave the U.S. naval rights to Pearl Harbor in 1887, she was deposed by American Settlers in 1893.

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queen, U.S. territory, congress pass

the principle of equal trading rights in China

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equal, trades, China

the idea of negotiating peacefully, simultaneously threatening with the "big stick", or the military

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negotiating, big stick, threaten

built by Theodore Roosevelt to make passage between Atlantic and Pacific oceans easier and faster for his Great White Fleet

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passage, easy access, faster

asserted the right of the United States to intervene to stabilize the economic affairs of small states in the Caribbean and Central America if they were unable to pay their international debts U.S. would act as international policemen. An addition to the Monroe Doctrine.

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stabilize, economy, U.S. take over

formally ended the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. It was signed on September 5, 1905

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treaty, ended war, Russo-Japanese

the popular nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a circumnavigation of the globe from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909 by order of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.

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navy, circumnavigation, Roosevelt

it specified in 1901 the conditions under which the U.S. could intervene in Cuba's internal affairs, and provided that Cuba could not make a treaty with another nation that might impair its independence.

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intervene, independence, affairs

in September, 1899 he sent imperialist nations a note asking them to offer assurance that they would respect the principle of equal trade oppurtunities, specifically in the China market.

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offer, equal trade, China

the Mexican outlaw, he robber and commandeered trains, chased but never captured by General John K, Pershing.

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outlaw, sneaky, robber

known as "Black Jack" he is the only person to be promoted in his own lifetime to the highest rank ever held in the US Army General of the Armies.

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general, highest rank, best 

in the United States was a period of reform which lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s, responding to the changes brought about by industrialization, the Progressives advocated a wide range of economic, political, social, and moral reforms. Initially the movement was sucessful at local level, and then it progressed to state and gradually national. Both the reformers and their opponents were predominantly members of the middle class.

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movement, reform, successful