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While America was preoccupied with the Civil War, this emperor of France took advantage of the situation and sent this archudke with an army of French troops to establish a French empire in Mexico.
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Napoleon III
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Who was the Archduke of Austria that was sent with an army of French troops to establish a French empire in Mexico?
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Archduke Maximilian
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During the war, America could only protest the French occupation of Mexico, but once the war was over, the United States sent a large force of troops to the Mexican border and this Secretary of State demanded that the French withrdaw their troops.
WAS ESPECIALLY EAGER TO SEE THE US EXPAND BEYOND ITS BORDERS |
William Seward
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This man served twice as Secretary of state and was especially interested in building a cordial relationship with Latin America, called this first meeting of American republics in Washington, D.C. in 1889.
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James G. Blaine
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These beautiful subtropical islands had been discovered in 1778 by this great English explorer.
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Captain James Cook
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Then in 1891, this queen who disapproved of the influence of white settlers in the islands, came to the throne. She began a Hawaii for the Hawaiians" movement in which she her power beyond the limits set by the Hawaiian constitution and tried to rule as an absolute monarch.
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Liliuokalani
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The first involved a letter written by the Spanish minister to the United States, this man to a friend in Havana.
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Senor de Lome
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This Spanish minister made serious derogatory remarks about this President.
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William McKinley
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The U.S. Pacific fleet had been stationed in Hong Kong, under the command of this Commodore.
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Commodore George Dewey
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This assistant secretary of the Navy had sent the Commodore orders that if war should be declared, he should proceed to the Philippine Islands and capture or destroy the Spanish fleet.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Meanwhile, the U.S. Atlantic fleet under the command of this admiral waited off the coast of Cuba for the appearance of the Spanish Atlantic fleet.
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Admiral William T. Sampson
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This fleet had left the Cape verde Islands (off the western coast of Africa) under the command of Spain's admiral for an uknown destination.
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Admiral Cervera
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This feat was performed by this Lieutenant and a crew of seven men. Although a shot froma Spanish fort destroyed the rudder of the Merrimac and kept ehr from being moved into the most strategic location, the crew did sink the ship and were taken captive by the Spanish.
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Lieutenant Richard Hobson
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To maintain orderly government and to prepare Cuba for independence, an American army, under the command of this general occupied Cuba for four years.
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General Leonard Wood
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U.S. Army doctor who headed a commision to discover a cure for the yellow fever disease.
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Walter Reed
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