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Some of the effects of these actions included:

• Getting pulled into battles

• Making large loans and giving large sums of money

• Changing the world (ex. The Panama Canal)

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America started to get even more involved

with other countries, even going as far as to

lease land from other countries and make large

loans. We also didn't hesitate to get involved

with Latin American countries, like Mexico in the

Mexican Revolution

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• The U.S. Navy was also fighting halfway across the globe in the Philippines

• Other countries (like Germany) wanted the Philippines

• America actually did end up securing Cuba for themselves

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Some reasons include:

• Cuba wanted freedom

• The Spanish Empire was dying, so Spain tried to secure Cuba

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Some places included:

• Santiago

• Kettle Hill

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The time period was in the mid to late 1800's

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Some of the stuff going on included:

• Treaties with Cuba

• War with Spain

• Battling in the Philippines

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Some important people included:

• Joseph Pulitzer

• William Mickennly

• George Dewey

• Amilou Anogonlo

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• Roots of imperialisim

• Spanish control

• American sympathy

• Yellow Journalisim

• De Lôme letter

• Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6tRp-zRUJs

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This picture represents about how countries were expanding rapidly in this time period

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The Native American population in

California dropped from around 150,000

to around 30,000 from 1848-1860

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In 1848, gold was discovered in California, which lead to a population boom

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Norman wrote a document for China that stopped the

Chinese Exclusion act

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Moses Austin and his brother

helped expand into Mexico

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...it started in 1860

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Our expansion had to do a lot with

economics and technology

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European countries were strong countries, and

they started to make trades with east Asian countries.

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William H. Seward arranged to buy

Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars.

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In the early 1800's, America decided to go to

Hawaii and expand there