AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
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The idea of taking over another nation and claiming it as your own is referred to as imperialism. Often countries try to take over other countries because they are more powerful than the weaker country and they are trying to control the economic and political affairs of weaker countries or regions.
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A heavy warship of a type built chiefly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with extensive armor and large-caliber guns.
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A group of ships sailing together, engaged in the same activity, or under the same ownership. An example would be the US Navy.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dreadnoughts mounted a uniform main battery of heavy-calibre guns; the number, size, and arrangement differed between designs. Dreadnought mounted ten 12-inch guns. 12-inch guns had been standard for most navies in the pre-dreadnought era, and this continued in the first generation of dreadnought battleships.
Detailed explanation-2: -Yamato. Claim to fame: The most powerfully armed battleship ever constructed. Launched in 1940, the Yamato was a lead ship in the Imperial Japanese Navy during WW2.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1869 HMS Monarch became the first oceangoing iron-hulled battleship. In place of broadside guns fired through portholes in the hull, this vessel mounted four 12-inch guns in two revolving turrets on the main deck. Over the following decades, battleships dispensed with auxiliary sail power.
Detailed explanation-4: -A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of large caliber guns. It dominated naval warfare in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.