1890-1920 US History Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. Supreme Court case upholding a law limiting the workday to ten hours for women, gave some protections for women workers.
- 6. Famous muckraker who exposed John Rockefeller's illegal practices in the monopolization of the oil industry
- 10. Author of "The Jungle," was the reason FDA was created
- 11. American military unit that invaded Cuba and won the Battle of San Juan Hill
- 12. Mexican revolutionary who raided Columbus, New Mexico in 1916
- 13. Economic alternative to the gold standard championed by Populists
- 14. Democrat who won the election of 1912, oversaw the passage of the 19th amendment and led the US into WWI
- 17. The use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence, William Taft's foreign policy
- 18. Last queen of Hawaii before being overthrown in 1893
- 19. Admiral of US Navy, led the US naval invasion of the Philippines, won the Battle of Manila
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- 1. 26th president, leader of the Rough Riders, major Progressive figure who instituted many reforms
- 2. Name of the telegram Germany sent to Mexico, forcing the US into WW1
- 3. Press that is based upon exaggeration and eye-catching headlines, most famous for the USS Maine explosion
- 5. allowed for the direct election of US Senators, major Progressive amendment
- 7. Organization that formed in response to the Spanish-American war, opposed imperialism and expansion of US territory based on "self-governance"
- 8. The temperance movement that Progressives and feminists fought for the outlawing of alcohol, achieved with the passage of the 18th amendment
- 9. Democratic presidential nominee for 3 elections, famous for his "Cross of Gold" speech
- 15. Theodore Roosevelt's famed foreign policy that sought strong intervention if diplomacy failed
- 16. Wilsons proposed peace plan for the Central powers and the post-WWI global order