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- Number 1 killer of soldiers in the Civil War?
- What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War (MORE THAN 1 day)?
- Fighting Defensive War Advantage: north or south?
- Manufacturing Advantage: north or south?
- population advantage: north or south?
- What was the mandate for Lincoln to end slavery permanantly?
- Military Leadership Advantage: north or south?
- Railroad advantage: north or south?
- Roosevelt established the Roosevelt _________, an addition to the Monroe Doctrine, claiming the right to intervene in the affairs of Latin American nations whenever those nations seemed unstable.
- William Howard Taft’s foreign policy was known as _______ _________- Taft was willing to intervene in other nations' affairs if they threatened American business interests
- Francisco __________, a popular mexican refromer, led a successful revolution against Porfirio Diaz in 1911
- American troops led by John J. _______ crossed into Mexico in search of Villa but left when America’s attention turned to the war in Europe.
- When Huerto’s troops arrested American sailors, ________ ordered U.S. troops to seize the port of Veracruz - Huerta was forced to flee and Carranza took power.
- Events in Cuba led to war between the ____________ and ________ in 1898
- Eager to expand its power in Asia, Japan attacked a __________ fleet in Manchuria, starting the Russo-Japanese War.
- Using its economic and military power the United States policed the ___________ Hemisphere
- In the summer of 1901, the United States transferred the authority from a military to a __________ government to prepare the islands for eventual self-rule
- The ________ ________ policy protected and expanded US trading interest in China
- Wanting Hawaiians to regain economic control of their islands, Queen Liluokalani took away the ________ from American sugar planters
- Without consulting the Samoans, the United states and Germany split the ________ _________, and the United States quickly annexed its portion.