Word: alaska
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...show the general character of the collection and its use in teaching. Among the sets of views which will be on exhibition are some views of glaciers and mountains of the Alpine district; a set of views of the Malas juna district at the base of Mt. St. Elias, Alaska; a very complete set of views of the New Zeland geyser terraces, which were destroyed by the volcanic eruption of 1886. The exhibition will also include a number of views of volcanoes, with the geographical features resulting from the flow of lava, and also views of the underground structure...
...necessary for purposes of defense. - (a) Extensive seaboard 16,000 miles and Alaska. - (b) Increasing commerce: U. S. Report on Commerce, 1894. - (c) Inadequate coast defenses: Gualtrough. - (d) International complications can not be avoided. - (1) Chile. - (2) Samoa. - (3) Hawaii. - (4) Nicaragua. - (5) Great Britain as to Behring Sea. - (6) Spain as to Cuba. - (e) Monroe Doctrine should be enforced...
...Annexation is opposed to the policy of the United States. - (a) Efforts to annex Cuba, St. Thomas, St. Domingo defeated. - (b) Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Alaska do not furnish precedents: Schurz in Harper; Cooley in Forum...
...purposes of defence. (1) Our extensive seaboard and inadequate coast defences. (2) Interests in Alaska. (3) Continually increasing commerce...
...Amer. Hist. Leaflets, No. 4; Wharton, I. Section 62. - (b) Hawaii has been gravitating towards the United States for fifty years: Trib. Jan. 29, 1893; Wharton, I. Section 62. - (c) The United States has not refused acquisition of territory under favorable conditions: Cases of Louisiana, Florida, Texas, California, Alaska; Wharton, I. Section...