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Note to players: Your answer should specify both a country and a military force. A fight between members of this military force and locals outside the True Blue saloon in Valparaíso led to a brief diplomatic crisis in 1891. (10[2]-5[1])While an officer in this force, (-5[1])a book on the “Influence (-5[1])of” similar forces “on History” (-5[1])was (10[1])written by (10[1]-5[1])Alfred Thayer Mahan. (10[7]-5[2])A skirmish between the (10[1])Mexican (10[1]-5[1])Army (10[1]-5[1])and members (10[1])of this (10[1])force (10[1]-5[1])in Tampico (10[3])led to the (-5[1])1914 occupation (-5[1])of Veracruz. (10[2]-5[8])Before becoming (10[1])a Rough (10[1]-5[2])Rider, (-5[1])Theodore (10[1])Roosevelt (-5[3])was an assistant (10[1])secretary for this force; (10[9]-5[5])later. (10[3])An explosion in Havana Harbor (-5[1])involving (10[2])part (10[1])of (10[1])this force (10[3])led to (10[1])the (10[1])Spanish-American (10[2])War. (10[4]-5[2])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])what (10[1])military (10[2])force (10[1])included the Great White Fleet (10[3])and USS (10[1])Maine? (10[2])■END■ (10[24]0[1])

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