US History - Imperialism & WWI (1853-1919)

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Across
  1. 4. deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to defeat the other.
  2. 8. policy issued by Sec. of State John Hay in 1899 that allowed a nation to trade in any other nation's sphere of influence in China.
  3. 10. name for the steam powered ships of the enlarged and modernized American Navy of the early 1900s.
  4. 14. not taking sides in a conflict
  5. 16. policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war
  6. 17. statement by Roosevelt that the US had a right to intervene in Latin America to preserve law and order
  7. 19. belief that one race is superior to another.
  8. 20. uprising in China against westerners and Western influence in 1900.
  9. 23. to add on or take over
  10. 26. news reporting, often biased and untrue, that relies on sensational stories and headlines.
  11. 28. addition to an earlier stated principle
  12. 29. military alliance of those opposed to the Central Powers – Britain, France, Russian Empire, Italy…
  13. 31. title of the German emperor
  14. 32. military unit organized by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War.
  15. 33. Nation whose independence is limited by the control of a more powerful country.
  16. 35. an 1854 treaty between Japan and the US that opened up ports to American trade in Japan
  17. 36. British passenger ship that was torpedoed by a German U-Boat in 1915.
  18. 37. policy of powerful countries seeking to control the economic and political affairs of weaker countries or regions.
  19. 38. President Taft’s policy of building strong economic ties to Latin America
Down
  1. 1. narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land
  2. 2. military alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire during WWI
  3. 3. excessive pride in one’s nation
  4. 5. served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
  5. 6. amendment to the 1902 Cuban constitution that allowed the US to intervene in Cuba.
  6. 7. policy of remaining apart from the political affairs or interests of other countries.
  7. 9. area where a nation had special trading privileges.
  8. 11. Law passed by Congress in 1900 under which the US gave Puerto Ricans a limited say in government.
  9. 12. members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed on September 21, 1866 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
  10. 13. served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
  11. 15. ware between Spain and the US in 1898
  12. 18. a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
  13. 21. act of cruelty and brutality
  14. 22. policy of moving large numbers of people into camps for political or military purposes.
  15. 24. spreading of ideas to help a cause or hurt an opposing cause.
  16. 25. policy of expanding a nation's boundaries.
  17. 27. President Wilson’s policy of condemning imperialism, spreading democracy, and prompting peace.
  18. 30. German submarine used in WWI and WWII
  19. 34. person who deliberately uses violence to spread fear and achieve political goals