Interactive Map – Chapter 19: World Colonial Empires, 1900

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. The British Empire was the preeminent imperial power at the turn of the nineteenth century. Looking at the map, approximately how much of the earth's surface was under British dominion?

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. While the United States was not an empire, it had imperial ambitions. Between 1876 and 1915 the United States added 100,000 square miles to the territory it controlled. What was its largest overseas acquisition in this time period?

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Puerto Rico correct incorrect

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