Chapter 21

Notes
1. In 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from
Russia.
2. Alaska is the 49th state.
3. Alaska is full of natural resources: fish, timber, coal,
and copper.
4. The United States took over the government in Hawaii
and made it the 50th state.
5. Hawaii became a state in 1898. We have not gained
anymore states since Hawaii.
6. The country of Cuba
wanted independence
from Spain.
7. When the United States
sent a ship named the
Maine to Cuba, it
exploded while in the
harbor.
8. The U.S. entered the
war to help Cuba.
9. Theodore Roosevelt led
a group of men called
the “Rough Riders”.
10.The war was called the Spanish American War. It
ended quickly and Cuba won its independence.
11.Cuba is still an independent country today.
12.Theodore Roosevelt
was elected governor of
New York after the war.
13.He then became vice
president under
President William
McKinley.
14.When McKinley was
assassinated, Roosevelt
became the youngest
president ever. He was
43 years old.