History Chapter 9 Quiz 9
Across
- 2. president of the United States
- 4. – 1889 Pennsylvania flood that took the lives of over 2,000 people
- 6. – leader of the U.S. Navy fleet that destroyed Spanish Pacific naval fleet of Ships during the Spanish American War
- 8. – U.S, Navy ship that sank in Cuba and sparked the beginning of the Spanish American War
- 10. – group of Pacific Islands that the United States helped free from Spain in the Spanish American War
- 12. manmade waterway the United States built across the Isthmus of Panama
- 17. – largest passenger liner in the world at the time it sailed sank on its first voyage after hitting an iceberg
- 18. – amusement park in Brooklyn, New York that has operated since the late 1800’s
- 19. –meeting that established time zones around the world
- 22. – group of American soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish American war
- 25. – helped save the lives of the Panama Canal workers by controlling disease carrying mosquitos
- 26. – American evangelist who started a Sunday School movement in Chicago and founded the Moody Bible Institute
- 27. – war fought between Spain and the United States to set Cuba free from Spain
- 29. – U.S. East Coast entry port for immigrants from 1892 – 1954
- 31. – location of a hurricane in the year 1900 deadliest natural disaster in the United States
Down
- 1. – law passed to keep Chinese laborers out of the United States
- 3. – 22nd president and 24th President of the United States only president to be elected again after another president has served
- 5. – island possessed by Spain until the end of the Spanish American War
- 7. – 25th president of the United States declared war against Spain to help free the nation of Cuba
- 9. organization that Clara Barton founded that helps in times of war and natural disaster
- 11. California- location of the 1906 earthquake that destroyed most of the city
- 13. – 20th president of the United States
- 14. – 23rd President of the United States; Expanded the U.S. Navy
- 15. – famous battle won by the rough riders
- 16. sent by the United States to set up a government for the Philippines 27th President of the United States
- 20. – leader of the Rough Riders 26th President of the United States
- 21. – U.S. West Coast entry port for immigrants from 1910 – 1940
- 23. – narrow strip of land that connects North America and South America
- 24. – evangelist who had once been a famous baseball player
- 28. – 28th President of the United States president when the Panama Canal opened
- 30. a person who leaves his own country to make his home in another country