Chapter 19: American Empire

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Across
  1. 4. US President Taft's policy to use American economic power instead of military force to create stability and exert influence in Latin America.
  2. 7. Religion that grew dramatically in size in the United States
  3. 9. Territory gained by the United States during American Imperialism and is a state today
  4. 10. Immigrants were blamed for killing police officers in a bomb blast
  5. 11. Satirical commentary of American superiority in the Middle East written by Mark Twain
  6. 14. Country that was ensured independence by the United States and contained a vital canal zone.
  7. 16. An affair about a crisis regarding the wrongful arrest of American sailors by the Mexicans.
  8. 20. Person that assassinated the 25th president of the United States
  9. 25. Ship that exploded.
  10. 28. law that banned the entry of convicted criminals, Asian laborers brought involuntarily, and designed for Chinese women
  11. 29. Fleet that was founded by a US president
  12. 31. Battle during the Spanish American War in which the Spanish fleet was destroyed
  13. 32. US President that was concerned with safety of American lives and property in Cuba
  14. 33. Organization that upheld the right for self-governance.
  15. 34. the pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conscious displays of naval power
  16. 35. Bill that acquired the United States’s first Pacific territories
  17. 36. All Western powers had equal access to Chinese markets
Down
  1. 1. survival of the fittest within humans
  2. 2. Group of people who comes to the United States from foreign lands
  3. 3. a consensus between the United States and Japan
  4. 5. Territory of the US that has now become a country in Southeast Asia
  5. 6. Warfare in terrain that were unfamiliar to the Americans. Although an American victory, resistance still continued afterwards.
  6. 8. Most famous of the US overseas territories today
  7. 12. Territory that was occupied by the United States but was never annexed
  8. 13. foreign policy of negotiating peacefully while maintaining a strong military presence
  9. 15. Person whose naval theories influenced the 26th president of the United States
  10. 17. Wanted global power. Developed the US military and navy. Latin America became an important area for US foreign policy.
  11. 18. Most well-known land battle of the Spanish American War
  12. 19. the first major US law to ban a specific group of people
  13. 21. Yellow journal that was written by William Randolph Hearst
  14. 22. Most important battle of the Philippine-American War
  15. 23. Stated that the US could intervene in Latin America to stop European interference.
  16. 24. denied admission to people who were not able to support themselves, as well as convicted criminals, people with mental illnesses, etc.
  17. 26. poorer, spoke non-English languages, typically Catholic and Jewish
  18. 27. United States defeated Spain, ending Spanish control in the Americas and esbalishing the US as a world power in this treaty.
  19. 30. Territory of the United States that is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.