Unit 2 vocab (all vocab) US History

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Across
  1. 3. aimed at breaking up trusts and monopolies, giving rights and protection to the middle/lower class
  2. 5. acquiring territory or gaining political/economic control of “weaker” countries
  3. 6. President Taft extends the Roosevelt Corollary by guaranteeing loans to all latin american countries
  4. 7. chinese citizens rebelling against the open door policy and the european countries controlling it
  5. 9. Movement of missile class americans who set out to tackle america’s problems
  6. 11. The treaty that was formed between the spanish, the US, and all other involved countries at the end of the spanish-american war
  7. 14. Teddy Roosevely believed that the US should be the policeman of the world, and it is our job to threaten/protect/intervene when needed to solve the world’s problems
  8. 15. purchased/liberated from their original controllers, allowed American sphere of influence to expand to pacific, and provide many natural resources
  9. 19. the movement to ban alcohol
  10. 25. people now vote for senators instead of by appointment
  11. 26. a canal dug through panama, which was funded by the government when civil war in colombia broke out
  12. 27. clickbait before clickbait was called clickbait. Typically newspapers spreading false information for more sales
  13. 30. March 1911, a clothing factory catches fire and burns down, killing nearly all workers inside
  14. 31. someone who exposed evils and corruptions of society through photography and journalism
  15. 32. president in 1901-1909, he was the first progressive president
  16. 34. a cavalry battalion, 8000 men strong under the command of Teddy Roosevelt, who fought in the Spanish American War
  17. 35. amendment to the treaty of paris that gave cuba its sovereignty, but made it have to get all actions approved by the US
  18. 36. People now can propose bills, rather than just lawmakers
Down
  1. 1. Passed after The Jungle, it prevents mislabelling of food, selling bad food, and created the FDA
  2. 2. Written by Upton Sinclair, it exposed the meatpacking industry
  3. 4. A faster way of making things, invented by Henry Ford
  4. 8. famous muckraker who exposed the meatpacking industry, wrote the book The Jungle
  5. 10. People can now vote on whether or not to pass a bill
  6. 12. european countries forcing china’s trading door open in an attempt to “westernize” them
  7. 13. happened after the spanish american war, the philippines wanted their own independence. Lasted 3 years, and was very bloody
  8. 16. allowed women to vote, passed because of WWI
  9. 17. Preservation, protection, and restoration of natural environments
  10. 18. began in august 1898 when Spain imperialized cuba for natural resources
  11. 20. Danish immigrant who became a police photographer and later a muckraker
  12. 21. Christian people helping the poor, fighting against child labor, building standards, and child education
  13. 22. women’s right to vote, fought since 1848
  14. 23. US Navy battleship that blew up in Manila Bay, prompting a US retaliation to the spanish
  15. 24. Americans who through that america should not interfere in international affairs
  16. 28. a state controlled by another state
  17. 29. The amendment that outlawed alcohol
  18. 33. people can vote a governmental official out of office if they don’t like them