In 1867, the United States purchased Theodore RooseveltAlaskaPuerto RicoUSS MaineHawaiiSelect your answer from Russia for $7.2 million. At the time, people thought the purchase was foolish, but in 1880 Puerto RicoTheodore RooseveltgoldindependentSpanish-American WarSelect your answer was discovered in the new territory. USS MaineTheodore RooseveltHawaiiPuerto RicoAlaskaSelect your answer also became a United States territory in 1898 after American planters revolted and overthrew the queen. Both Alaska and Hawaii became states in 1959.

When the battleship Spanish-American WargoldHawaiiAlaskaUSS MaineSelect your answer was destroyed, the United States declared war on Spain in April 1898. Admiral George Dewey led the American fleet to attack the Spanish colony of the Philippines. goldHawaiiPuerto RicoUSS MaineTheodore RooseveltSelect your answer formed a group called the Rough Riders and went to battle in Cuba. In August 1898, the Puerto RicoSpanish-American WarHawaiiUSS MaineTheodore RooseveltSelect your answer ended. A peace treaty gave Cuba its independence, and the United States possession of Spanish-American WarAlaskaindependentHawaiiPuerto RicoSelect your answer, Guam, and the Philippines. In 1946, the Philippines became goldTheodore RooseveltUSS MaineHawaiiindependentSelect your answer. Today, Guam and Puerto Rico are still part of the United States.