| A | B |
|---|
| what AMericans called the "Polar Bear Garden" | Alaska |
| where gold was discovered | Klondike region of Alaska |
| Alaska's natural resources | gold, fish, timber, coal, copper |
| first Americans in Hawaii | Christian missionaries |
| main crop of Hawaii | sugar |
| Kalakaua | Hawaiian king that tried to keep Americans from taking over |
| Liliuokalani | last monarch of Hawaii |
| imperialism | empire building |
| last two colonies of Spain | Cuba and Puerto Rico |
| US battleship that exploded in the harbor of Cuba | Maine |
| the US blamed this country for blowing up the Maine | Spain |
| destroyed the Spanish fleet in Philippines and captured Manila Bay | Commodore George Dewey |
| led the Rough Riders | Theodore Roosevelt |
| armistice | agreement to end fighting |
| how long the Spanish American War lasted | 4 months |
| most soldiers died from this | disease |
| territories that the US gained at the end of the Spanish American War | Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico |
| became president when McKinley was assassinated | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Panama Canal linked these bodies of water | Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| isthmus | narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas |
| refused to sell Panama to the US | Colombia |
