| A | B |
|---|
| isolationism | foreign policy which calls for not getting involved with other countries |
| Expansionism | foreign policy which calls for adding foreign lands to the home country |
| Imperialism | the use of expansionism to create an empire |
| Matthew Perry | U.S. Navy commodore who led a mission to Japan for trade |
| Millard Fillmore | President who sent the Navy to Japan |
| Treaty of Kanagawa | Agreement btwn the U.S. and Japan for trade |
| Two | Number of Japanese ports opened for trade with the U.S. |
| William H. Seward | Secretary of State who purchased Alaska |
| Russia | Country which sold Alaska to the U.S |
| $US 7.2 million | Purchase price of Alaska |
| Gold | Valuable mineral found in Alaska |
| Texas | State for which Alaska is twice as big |
| Josiah Strong | Minister who believed U.S. had a duty to christianize other people |
| Latin America | A term for all land in the Western Hemisphere influenced by Hispanic culture |
| Monroe Doctrine | Declaration which warned European nations to stay out of the Western Hemisphere |
| James G. Blaine | Secretary of State that held the first Pan-American conference |
| Pan American Union | An organization of all Western Hemispheric countries |
| Alfred Thayer Mayan | Navy Captain whose writings identified a strong navy as a requirement for overseas expansion |
| Seward's Folly or Polar Bear Garden | Nicknames for Alaska |
| Alaska's capital city | Juneau |
