Overseas Crossword Review
Across
- 5. states that the United States could intervene in the internal affairs of Latin American countries if they committed flagrant and chronic wrongdoings.
- 6. a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
- 7. a queen that promulgated a new constitution that would have strengthened the power of the monarch relative to the legislature
- 8. land obtained by the US in 1959 bought from Russia for $7.2 million.
- 9. Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
- 13. a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
- 15. land obtained by the US the year of the Spanish-American war.
- 17. amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress
- 18. a bandit, who became a general in the Mexican Revolution
- 19. land obtained by the US from the treaty of paris.
- 20. system in which support is given only to countries whose beliefs are analogous to that of the nation.
Down
- 1. independent agency of the US government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil U.S. antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection.
- 2. 27th president of the US
- 3. a marvel of human engineering found in the Central American state of Panama built in the 1900s
- 4. land obtained by the US in 1959 and is now a US state
- 10. an uprising against foreigners that occurred in China about 1900
- 11. ensured the financial stability of a region while protecting and extending U.S. commercial and financial interests there.
- 12. critics attacked Seward for the secrecy surrounding the deal
- 14. a style of newspaper reporting that emphasized sensationalism over facts.
- 16. general of the Armies John Joseph Pershing GCB, nicknamed "Black Jack", was a senior United States Army officer.