| A | B |
|---|
| Japan | Signed a trade treaty with the U.S. after Commodore Perry's show of naval power |
| Alaska | Purchased from Alaska by William H. Seward |
| Hawaii (a) | Sanford Dole |
| Imperialists | Favored the expansion of the United State's influence abroad-especially by acquiring colonies |
| Hawaii (b) | American planters organized a revolution here and asked the U.S. to annex it |
| Cuba | One of the last Spanish colonies in the Americas. |
| Yellow Press | Newspapers |
| Maine | An explosion on this battleship killed 260 Americans. |
