Spanish-American War

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Across
  1. 1. a state or territory partly controlled by a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs
  2. 3. A 1900 Uprising in China aimed at ending foreign influence in the country.
  3. 6. Recurring chills, fever and sweating disease transmitted by mosquitoes
  4. 7. Ship that explodes off the coast of Cuba in Havana harbor and helps contribute to the start of the Spanish-American War
  5. 12. message send by secretary of state John Hay in 1899 to Germany, Russia, Great Britain, France, Italy & Japan asking the countries not to interfere with US trading rights in China.
  6. 13. Leader of the Filipino independence movement against Spain
  7. 15. country that gained independence following the Spanish-American war
  8. 17. Ordered Cuban men, women, and children into "reconcentration camps" where 1/8 died.
  9. 18. Legislation that severely restricted Cuba's sovereignty and gave the US the right to intervene if Cuba got into trouble
  10. 19. journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers
  11. 20. Site of the most famous battle of the Spanish-American war, where Theodore Roosevelt successfully leads the Rough Riders in a charge against the Spanish trenches
Down
  1. 2. The treaty that concluded the Spanish American War
  2. 4. volunteer soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish American War
  3. 5. A national policy of avoiding involvement in foreign affairs
  4. 8. 25th President of the United States, hoped for a peaceful settlement in the Cuban revolution.
  5. 9. U.S. naval commander who led the American attack on the Philippines
  6. 10. Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt who pioneered the open-door policy and Panama canal
  7. 11. gave the US direct control over and power to set up a government in Puerto Rico
  8. 14. any instance of aggressive extension of authority
  9. 16. country that the U.S gained possession of following the Spanish-American war