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Seward made the move to purchase Alaska from Russia. Many didn't agree with the purchase because it was a big cold box!
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Seward considered aquiring the Hawaiian islands. Most people didn't want it because its so far away and hard to control.
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We pressured Hawaii to allow us to put a navel base called Perl Harbor. This was a good navel base because you could you can see alot more continets!
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sources= socail text book
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Queen Liliuokalani became the new leader of Hawaii. She was the sister of the former leader!
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President Mikinly sent the USS Maine (ship) to cuba. For the Spanish-American war.
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President Mikinly signed a congressional resolutoin that gave cuba independence. Also demanded a withdrawl from spanish forces.
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The battle in Manila Bay started early that morning. 380 spanish soliders died 0 american soliders died.
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Spain finally signed a truce; wars over!
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The final peace treatyfbetween spanish and Americans was signed in paris.
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secertary of state Jon Hay asked nations involved in region to follow the open door policy. This means no single country can havee a monopoly on trade with china.
