(11-6) The Spanish American War

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Across
  1. 4. U.S. battleship that exploded in Havana Harbor, Cuba.
  2. 6. Volunteer group organized by Theodore Roosevelt who fought alongside African American soldiers from the Ninth & Tenth Cavalry units.
  3. 9. Newspapers printed dramatic & often exaggerated stories about how the Spanish were treating Cubans
  4. 10. Spain sold the Philippines to the U.S. for $_____ million after the Spanish American War
Down
  1. 1. In the Treaty of Paris, Spain ceded _____ & Guam to the U.S.
  2. 2. August 1898: Spanish forces surrendered in the _____.
  3. 3. Filipino nationalist who led fighters against the Spanish army during the Spanish American War
  4. 5. A letter from Spain’s ambassador that was printed in the New York Journal in which he called President McKinley weak & stupid.
  5. 7. In _____ 1898, Congress declared war on Spain.
  6. 8. Country Cuba was fighting for independence from