Danny’s Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. A chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn.
  2. 5. Annexed in 1898
  3. 8. The sinking of this U.S. battleship in Havanna, Cuba which the U.S. blamed on Spain was the main cause of the Spanish-American War.
  4. 12. Result of the settlement of Colorado.
  5. 14. Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers.
  6. 16. the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries.
  7. 17. The idea that the United States and Latin America should work together to support peace and increase trade.
  8. 18. A 1900 Uprising in China aimed at ending foreign influence in the country.
  9. 19. The Railroad company that begin the building fo the transcontinental rail road.
  10. 20. Used to fence in land on the Great Plains, eventually leading to the end of the open frontier.
Down
  1. 1. Unfenced public land that cattle was driven over on cattle drives.
  2. 2. a way of farming in dry areas that produces crops without any irrigation and relies on farming methods that conserve soil moisture
  3. 4. Native Americans in the Dakotas.
  4. 6. Warships owned and commanded by the Confederates but built in British shipyards
  5. 7. Cattle handlers who drove large herds across the southern Great Plains.
  6. 9. also known as "the Second Sioux War", this was the climax of the Indian Wars.
  7. 10. 1854 treaty between Japan and the US. Japan agreed to open two ports to American ships
  8. 11. the vast grassland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.
  9. 13. Parcels of land set aside by the federal government for the Native Americans.
  10. 15. Term given to mission agencies that have no guaranteed income but depend on support