History Crossword

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  1. 4. - Group of Calvary volunteers led by Theodore Roosevelt.
  2. 6. - Treaty that ended the Spanish-American war.
  3. 8. - The war fought between Spain and the United States.
  4. 14. -resolution by Congress in 1898 promising to grant Cuba independence after the war. The Teller Amendment provided the US with justification for its actions while allaying fears that the war was simply an imperialist land grab.
  5. 16. - Island off the coast of florida, The main reason for the Spanish-American war.
  6. 17. -A group including such luminaries as William James and Mark Twain that argued against to combat American imperialism. Disliked the American annexation of Spanish territories.
  7. 19. - The act of expanding one's power through diplomacy or military.
  8. 20. -Cuban Nationalists who fought against Spain's colonial regime in Cuba.
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  1. 1. -This tariff passed by Congress in 1894 restricted US sugar imports.
  2. 2. -1900 Act providing a civil government for Puerto Rico; a main goal of the act was to prepare Puerto Rico for free trade with the US.
  3. 3. -American warship sent to patrol Cuban waters at the beginning of 1898. When the ship mysteriously exploded on February 15, 1898, it gave the US a final reason to go to war, even though the cause of the explosion is still debated today.
  4. 5. -Led the American fleet in the battle of manila.
  5. 7. -On July 1, 1898, the Rough Riders, supported by two black regiments, charged this hill. Although the Rough Riders took heavy casualties, the public saw the charge as a success.
  6. 9. -Retired naval general who argued that a great navy is needed to control foreign market.
  7. 10. -Led Cuban natives against the Spanish, is the reason for the Spanish camps.
  8. 11. - Fake news.
  9. 12. - Set of Islands near Asia, another reason for the war.
  10. 13. - The belief of American dominance and need for expanding their borders.
  11. 15. -On May 1, 1898, Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet at Manila in a surprise attack in which not a single American was killed. The Spanish ships were old and rotting, and were defeated easily by the newer American steel ships.
  12. 18. -a form of nationalism, mainly advocating for war.