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- II. American Expansion in the Pacific__________________ tried to restore the Hawaiian monarchy's authority. A group of wealthy American sugar planters and Sandford Dole overthrew the monarchy.
- What project consisted of carving George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt in the South Dakota Black Hills?
- In the last 60 days of 1930 over how many banks closed nationwide?
- What event pulled America out of the Great Depression?
- What did Americans spend more money on in 1929?
- What did African American Joe Lewis do for 50% of the unemployed African Americans?
- II. American Expansion in the PacificB. In 1853 __________________ entered Edo Bay and negotiated the Treaty of Kanagawa.
- What was Roosevelt's plan which included the public works projects called?
- What percentage of Americans were immediately affected by the stock market because they owned stock?
- In 1934, what happened that was considered the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history?
- What did Franklin Delano Roosevelt come up with to get people employed and bring America out of the depression?
- What percent of Americans had no savings?
- II. American Expansion in the PacificA. To expand their nation, Americans looked westward toward the __________________ and the nation of __________________ .
- Due to businesses closing the unemployment rate skyrocketed and left 4 million unemployed by 1930. How many millions were unemployed by 1932?
- I. Building Support for ImperialismC. Historian John Fiske argued that English-speaking nations had ___________ character, ideas and systems of _____________ to justify overseas expansion.
- I. Building Support for ImperialismA. Until the late 1800s the United States had expanded by settling territory in __________________ .
- II. American Expansion in the PacificD. In a treaty with Hawaii, the United States received the rights to a __________________ at __________________ .
- What was the side effect of building the Hoover Dam?
- I. Building Support for ImperialismD. Americans needed a __________________ to protect its merchant ships, and defend its rights to trade. Without this, many people felt the United States would be shut out of __________________ .
- Thomas Jefferson vs. Alexander Hamilton:First attorney general?