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The U.S. will promote and protect democracy in the Western Hemisphere

This affected the Western Hemisphere because then there is always democe

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U.S. will use economic aids in Latin America

That effected L.A. because there will be no U.S. military or police there

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Stated that if Latin America did something wrong, we can use international police power.

It effected Latin America because it made them afraid to do something bad to anyone or anything.

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1904, A canal on the isthmus of Panama that connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for easier trade, France and US, The Isthmus of Panama, shortened the trade routes.

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America fought Cuba. We fought in a war against them. 1900. Cuba. We wanted to set up up and increase U.S. enconomy there.

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US came into Cuba and started fighting, but I don’t think Cuba wanted that to happen. America lost a lot of men in that war. We could set up an alliance but they betray us and start a war.

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Yellow Journalism

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Sympathy to Cuba

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Roots of Imperialism

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The U.S. Navy took control with German Navy

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We annexed Samoa with Germany and we split the land

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We annexed it May 7, 2011

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Somoa

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Similar reasons=wWe wanted to expand our territory

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Missionaries who set up plants.

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Missionaries setting up sugar plants on Hawaii.

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1867

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The Hawaiin islands

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Missionaries wanted to get rich so they set up plants and sold sugar

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We bought Alaska because it has a lot of resources and it was cheap

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Alaska was bought from Russia. It is now a part of North America.

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Alaska was bought in 1867

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The buying of Alaska

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William H Seward was involved in the buying of Alaska

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The USA tried to convert Hawaii to Christianity. Missionaries open sugarcane plants and became rich because they sold lots of sugar.

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In 1899 US and Germany divided the islands of Samoa for similar reasons.

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BUYING ALASKA

CAUSE|EFFECT

•We Needed more land and it was very cheap

•There was a lot of resources in Alaska

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cause-USA showed isolationism and did not involve in trading or anything else around 1789

effect-no trade and therefore did not get involved in oversea conflicts

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Seward believed that expanding outwards was a good idea so he annexed the Midway Islands in 1867

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In 1867, William H. Seward bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million! He bought it for 2 cents an acre!

That GREATLY expanded North America.

Also, It became a source of valuable natural resources.