Imperialism in Latin America (Chapter 25, Lesson 4)

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Across
  1. 1. the ocean at the western entrance of the Panama Canal
  2. 4. The Mexican Revolution ended with the writing of a new ______ that gave more rights to workers, allowed all men to vote, and limited the power of foreign investors
  3. 7. The instrument of change used by radical unions.
  4. 9. Dollar __________ seeks to strengthen the power of a country or effect its purposes in foreign relations by the use of its financial resources
  5. 13. United States’ investments in Latin American development totalled almost half $3.5 ______, of the whole world’s investments
  6. 14. President ________ Roosevelt supported Panama’s rebellion against Colombia, and gained control of the 10-mile strip of land on which the Panama Canal was built
  7. 16. in the Spanish-American War, Cuba became a __________ of the United States
  8. 18. the nation in which Jose Marti led a revolt against Spanish rule in 1895
  9. 20. Emiliano Zapata led the poor peasants of Mexico in seizing and redistributing the ____ of wealthy people
  10. 23. wheat, beef, coffee, bananas, sugar, and silver that helped Latin America begin an age of prosperity
  11. 24. social and political _______ characterized many Latin American nations
  12. 25. The Panama Canal was one of the greatest _______ feats of its time
Down
  1. 2. the country where 3 million European immigrants settled between 1880 and 1914
  2. 3. how Latin American nations began to view the United States because of American interference in their affairs
  3. 5. the largest nation in Latin America
  4. 6. the country where US Marines were stationed from 1915 to 1934
  5. 8. Pancho Villa led a group of armed _____ in northern Mexico’s countryside
  6. 10. The class of Latin Americans that lived in cities, valued education, and made a decent income.
  7. 11. The Roosevelt _____ claimed that the US could intervene in any Latin American nation guilty of “chronic misconduct,” and took control of the Dominican Republic’s debts
  8. 12. the nation closest to the United States where US military forces were sent to protect American interests
  9. 15. this is what shocked the Americans about Spain’s response to the rebellion in Cuba, and led the US to declare war against Spain in 1898
  10. 17. in the Spanish-American War, Puerto Rico was _______ to the United States
  11. 19. Porfirio Diaz was a _____ in Mexico who was supported by the army, foreign capitalists, large landowners, and the Catholic Church
  12. 21. Buenos Aires is called “the _____ of South America.
  13. 22. the reason that European powers threatened to send warships to the Dominican Republic