World War I

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Across
  1. 4. A British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1915. Over 100 Americans died, causing a major scandal that turned American public opinion against Germany before the US officially entered WWI.
  2. 6. The mass movement of millions of African Americans out of the rural Southern US to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West (starting around WWI) to escape segregation and find better jobs.
  3. 10. A 1900 uprising in China by a group opposed to foreign, Western, and Christian influence. An international force, including the US, stepped in to put it down.
  4. 11. A secret message from Germany to Mexico in 1917, proposing an alliance against the US. It was intercepted by Britain, and its publication helped force the US into World War I.
  5. 12. A US foreign policy initiative (1899) asking that all nations have equal trading rights in China, ensuring American businesses wouldn't be locked out by European powers or Japan.
  6. 13. Huge payments that Germany was forced to pay to the Allied powers (France, Britain, etc.) to cover the costs and damage of World War I.
  7. 14. Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy, often summarized as "speak softly and carry a big stick." It meant using a strong military (the "big stick") to influence foreign affairs and protect US interests, especially in Latin America.
  8. 16. A massive engineering project backed by "Big Stick" diplomacy to create a shipping shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through Central America, vastly increasing US naval and economic power.
  9. 17. The peace treaty that officially ended WWI in 1919. It punished Germany severely, forcing them to accept blame and pay for the war.
Down
  1. 1. A period of widespread social activism and political reform in the US (roughly 1890s–1920s) aiming to fix problems caused by industrialization, immigration, and corruption.
  2. 2. Sensationalized, exaggerated, or outright fake news stories used by newspapers (like those of Hearst and Pulitzer) to sell more papers and influence public opinion, specifically pushing the US toward war with Spain.
  3. 3. An international organization proposed by Wilson to help countries settle disputes peacefully and prevent future wars, though the US Senate never joined it.
  4. 5. President Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace after WWI, aiming for a fair, lasting peace, national self-determination, and the creation of a League of Nations.
  5. 7. A policy where stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories to gain resources, markets, and prestige.
  6. 8. A brutal form of warfare used in WWI where armies fought from long, dug-in lines of trenches, leading to a long, slow stalemate with high casualties.
  7. 9. Community centers in poor immigrant neighborhoods designed to provide education, daycare, healthcare, and social support. Jane Addams founded the most famous one, Hull House, in Chicago in 1889 to help the working poor adjust to city life.
  8. 15. A short war between the US and Spain. It started partly due to Yellow Journalism and the sinking of the USS Maine. The US won, gaining territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, marking its emergence as a global power.