Imperialism

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Across
  1. 3. this country becomes a territory of the U.S. and its citizens are free to travel to and from the U.S.
  2. 4. this written by a Spanish minister called the U.S. president weak
  3. 9. this group of islands is where the Spanish-American war began
  4. 11. when a stronger country takes over a weaker country and extends their political, economic, and military control over them
  5. 12. this was built in order to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean cutting travel time in 1/2
  6. 13. this Spanish General was sent to Cuba to put down the revolution nicknamed "The Butcher"
  7. 17. Filipino rebel that helped Americans fight the Spanish in the Philippines
  8. 20. this country was blamed for the explosion of the American Naval ship in Cuban Harbor
  9. 21. a country who affairs are partially controlled by a stronger nation
  10. 22. this island nation was acquired by the U.S. and is the home of a strategic Naval base
  11. 24. exaggerated or sensationalized stories that are created to lure readers
  12. 26. this naval commander led the US Naval fleet in the Philippines destroying Spanish Navy in Manila
  13. 27. he led the cavalry unit, the Rough Riders, during the Spanish-American War
  14. 28. this Secretary of State said the Spanish-American War was a "splendid little war"
Down
  1. 1. in this place many Cubans died of starvation, disease, and neglect
  2. 2. this a cease-fire agreement
  3. 5. gave the U.S. the right to intervene and settle disputes between any European countries
  4. 6. name of Teddy Roosevelts foreign policy
  5. 7. Roosevelt helped this country gain its independence from Columbia so he could build a canal
  6. 8. policy of staying out of another countries affairs
  7. 10. name of the Naval base in Hawaii
  8. 14. the name of the cavalry unit in Cuba during the Spanish-American War
  9. 15. this is a U.S. Naval base in Cuba
  10. 16. American battleship that blew up in Havana Harbor, blamed on Spain
  11. 18. in the treaty that ended the Spanish-American war the U.S. paid this amount for the Philippines
  12. 19. treaty that ended the Spanish-American War
  13. 23. this Cuban rebel encouraged the Cuban Revolution and died a martyr
  14. 25. this Secretary of State was responsible for the purchase of Alaska