APUSH AMSCO Chapter 20 Key
Terms Exam Questions and Answers
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William Seward - ✔✔served as secretary of state for Lincoln and Johnson; most
influential secretary of state since John Quincy Adams; helped prevent Great Britain
and France from entering the war on the side of the Confederacy; led the drive to annex
Midway Island in the Pacific; gained rights to build a canal in Nicaragua; purchased
Alaska; failed to convince Congress to annex Hawaii and to purchase the Danish West
Indies
French in Mexico - ✔✔Napoleon III (nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte) sent French
troops to occupy Mexico during the Civil War; 1865 - Seward invoked the Monroe
Doctrine and threatened US military action unless the French withdrew
Alaska Purchase (1867) - ✔✔Russia and Great Britain both claimed the territory of
Alaska. Russia assumed control and established a colony for seal hunting and area
became an economic burden because of the threat of a British takeover; Alaska
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, purchased in 1867 by Congress because of Seward's lobbying and an appreciation of
Russian support during the Civil War
Pan - ✔✔American Conference - representatives from various nations of the Western
Hemisphere decided to create a permanent organization for international cooperation
on trade and other issues
James Blaine - ✔✔Harrison's secretary of state, hoped to bring about reductions in tariff
rates in the Pan-American conference, not achieved
Venezuela boundary dispute - ✔✔between Venezuela and the British colony of Guiana.
US argued that the Monroe Doctrine applied to the situation so the US could be
involved, and if British did not arbitrate, the US would back up its argument with
military force, the British agree with demands. (arbitrators ruled mainly in favor of
Britain anyway)
Cleveland and Olney - ✔✔settled Venezuela boundary dispute
Hawaii - ✔✔expansionists coveted these islands; C Cleveland opposed efforts to annex,
but outbreak of war i the Philippines gave Congress and President McKinley the pretext
to complete annexation in 1898
Queen Liliuokalani - ✔✔Hawaiian monarch who was overthrown by American settlers
in 1893
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Terms Exam Questions and Answers
100% Pass
William Seward - ✔✔served as secretary of state for Lincoln and Johnson; most
influential secretary of state since John Quincy Adams; helped prevent Great Britain
and France from entering the war on the side of the Confederacy; led the drive to annex
Midway Island in the Pacific; gained rights to build a canal in Nicaragua; purchased
Alaska; failed to convince Congress to annex Hawaii and to purchase the Danish West
Indies
French in Mexico - ✔✔Napoleon III (nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte) sent French
troops to occupy Mexico during the Civil War; 1865 - Seward invoked the Monroe
Doctrine and threatened US military action unless the French withdrew
Alaska Purchase (1867) - ✔✔Russia and Great Britain both claimed the territory of
Alaska. Russia assumed control and established a colony for seal hunting and area
became an economic burden because of the threat of a British takeover; Alaska
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, purchased in 1867 by Congress because of Seward's lobbying and an appreciation of
Russian support during the Civil War
Pan - ✔✔American Conference - representatives from various nations of the Western
Hemisphere decided to create a permanent organization for international cooperation
on trade and other issues
James Blaine - ✔✔Harrison's secretary of state, hoped to bring about reductions in tariff
rates in the Pan-American conference, not achieved
Venezuela boundary dispute - ✔✔between Venezuela and the British colony of Guiana.
US argued that the Monroe Doctrine applied to the situation so the US could be
involved, and if British did not arbitrate, the US would back up its argument with
military force, the British agree with demands. (arbitrators ruled mainly in favor of
Britain anyway)
Cleveland and Olney - ✔✔settled Venezuela boundary dispute
Hawaii - ✔✔expansionists coveted these islands; C Cleveland opposed efforts to annex,
but outbreak of war i the Philippines gave Congress and President McKinley the pretext
to complete annexation in 1898
Queen Liliuokalani - ✔✔Hawaiian monarch who was overthrown by American settlers
in 1893
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