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18-1: Imperialism and America

1. Name at least five factors that fueled American Imperialism:

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2. Choose two of the above five factors and describe them in your own words.

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3. What was known as “Seward’s Folly” and why?

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4. What plantation-based product accounted for three-quarters ____________________________________

of Hawaii’s wealth in the mid-19th century?

5. Who controlled this product? ______________________________________

6. Using as much detail as possible, outline the sequence of events that led to America gaining possession of
Hawaii? In other words, why was the United States interested in these Pacific islands?

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