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- Cuba was granted full ______________ on the condition that their constitution gave the United States certain rights, known as the Platt Amendment
- Wanting Hawaiians to regain economic control of their islands, Queen Liluokalani took away the ________ from American sugar planters
- Americas wanted a connection between the atlantic and pacific oceans in central america to _________ the long and dangerous sea voyage around the south america
- After the __________ _________, foreign powers accepted Hay's Open Door policy
- Without consulting the Samoans, the United states and Germany split the ________ _________, and the United States quickly annexed its portion.
- The __________ Act in 1917 made Puerto Rico a territory of the United States and granted American citizenship to all Puerto Rican.
- American newspapers blamed Spain when the Maine exploded, which triggered the __________-________ War
- President __________ helped negotiate the Treaty of Portsmouth, which recognized Japan's control of Korea in return for Japanese pledge to halt expansion
- When William ___________ became president, Congress approved the annexation of Hawaii, and in 1900 it became a territory of the United States
- The planters responded by ___________ Liliuokalani and setting up a provisional government in 1893
- President McKinley sent the warship _________ to Havana to protect American citizens and property
- The United States negotiated with with panama to build the _________ Canal
- Shortly afterwards the Spanish signed an _________ and the war ended
- In 1867 _________ _________ acquired the Pacific islands of Midway as an important stopping place for American ships en route to China
- The influence of the ________ began to extend to other world regions
- In 1853 commodore Mathew Perry signed a treaty with _________ which opened two Japanese ports to American Ships.
- n the 1790s, Americans began to trade with the independent communities of the _________ _________
- An adcantage America revolutionaries had over British
- The United States expanded its territory when it bought _________ and extended to influence in Latin America
- The _______ American Union promoted cooperation between the united states and the nations of Latin America