Unit 1.4 Key Words

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Across
  1. 1. (1907–09) | Global naval voyage showcasing US sea power.
  2. 11. ____ Telegram (1917) | German proposal for Mexico to attack the US; helped push US into WWI.
  3. 13. William ____ | US President during the Spanish-American War (assassinated).
  4. 15. | Island whose revolt against Spain triggered US intervention in 1898.
  5. 16. ____ of 1893 | Major financial crisis that led to bank failures and high unemployment.
  6. 17. | Western boundary of settlement in the US that symbolised opportunity and national growth, but closed.
  7. 19. | Spanish general whose harsh tactics in Cuba shocked US opinion.
  8. 21. Henry ___ ___ | Senator who urged a more expansionist foreign policy.
  9. 22. (1904) | Addition to the Monroe Doctrine asserting US right to intervene in Latin America.
  10. 23. | Policy of avoiding political involvement in European affairs.
  11. 24. (1903–14) | Key shipping route linking Atlantic and Pacific under US control.
  12. 25. | US President during WWI and author of the Fourteen Points.
  13. 27. Unrestricted ____ Warfare | German naval tactic sinking neutral ships; key cause of US entry into WWI.
  14. 29. | International organisation founded after WWI, reflecting US ideals though the US never joined.
Down
  1. 2. (1898) | Ended the Spanish-American War; Spain ceded colonies to the USA.
  2. 3. (1898) | US battleship that exploded in Havana harbour, sparking outrage.
  3. 4. (1918) | Wilson’s plan for post-war peace and a League of Nations.
  4. 5. | Spanish diplomat whose insult of McKinley published in US press.
  5. 6. (1898) | Conflict that marked America’s emergence as a world power.
  6. 7. (1899) | US proposal for equal trading rights in China.
  7. 8. | Policy of using investment to increase US influence abroad.
  8. 9. | Belief that the USA was destined to expand across the North American continent.
  9. 10. Alfred ____ | Naval theorist who wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History.
  10. 12. (1823) | Declared the Americas closed to further European colonisation.
  11. 14. | Territory gained by the USA in 1898.
  12. 18. | Sensationalist journalism (Hearst, Pulitzer) that fuelled calls for war.
  13. 20. | Territory gained by the USA in 1898 in Pacific.
  14. 26. Theodore ____ | President (1901–09) who expanded US power and mediated the Treaty of Portsmouth.
  15. 28. | Territory gained by the USA in 1898.