Ch. 17 S1 and S2 Crossword Vocabulary Review

3. Individual who pushed the U.S. government to put more money and manpower behind the improvement of the U.S. Navy (just last name)
8. Nickname given to the U.S. Navy (3 words)
9. Policy by a stronger nation to attempt to create an empire by dominating weaker nations economically, politically, culturally, or militarily
11. Treaty that brought the Spanish-American War to its end in
12. To join or attach to
13. The U.S.S. Maine exploded in this port city
14. Island that was home to a major rebellion; Spanish colony, 90 miles south of southernmost tip in Florida

1. Plentiful and profitable raw material found in Hawaii and Cuba
2. Cuba was allowed to be an independent nation as long as it agreed and included this in its constitution (2 words)
4. When Americans took on the task to educate and civilize citizens of different territories, it is said that Americans took on the ….(3 words)
5. President who was discredited in the de Lome letter (just last name)
6. Having equal access into a country, for example China
7. Exaggerated newspaper stories that caused American readers to sympathize with Cuban rebels
10. Individual who promoted the purchasing of Alaska despite the fact that most Congressmen thought it was impractical (just last name)
11. Another word for tax
13. Queen Liliuokalani was the last monarch who reigned over these islands