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- 2. Earned President Roosevelt the Peace Prize, ended the Russo-Japanese War in 1906
- 4. Owner of the "New York Journal," famously said, "You supply the pictures. I'll create the war!"
- 7. Group of prominent Americans who opposed the American empire, particularly its intervention in the Philippines
- 8. Archduke of the Austro-Hungarian, assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, beginning World War I
- 9. Head of the American pineapple company in Hawaii who was appointed president of the republic before American annexastion
- 14. Added to the Monroe Doctrine in 1904, gave the US the right to intervene in the affairs of Latin American nations
- 17. Signed in 1898 between Spain and the United States, created a new American empire with Cuba, the Philippines, Guam, Samoa, Puerto Rico, and other small territories
- 18. Introduced in World War I following a stalemate along the Eastern front, led to countless deaths due to "No Man's Land" and nerve gas
- 19. Explosion of this ship in Havana Harbor on February 15th, 1898 was blamed on Spain, sparking the Spanish-American War
- 21. Commodore George Dewey sailed his fleet into Manila Bay, defeating a pathetic Spanish navy with just 7 ships, three of them wooden
- 22. Infamous nickname for the Industrial Workers of the World, opposed the war and the draft as nothing more than another capitalist ploy
- 24. Added to the Cuban constitution in 1902,allowed the US to intervene in Cuban affairs and gave them access to a naval base at Guantanamo Bay
- 28. Targeted Bolsheviks and those who opposed the draft, upheld by Schenck v. United States (1919)
- 31. Republican challenger in the Election of 1916, the Providence Journal announced his victory prematurely
- 34. Destruction of this "unsinkable" passenger liner resulted in the deaths of 128 Americans
- 35. French lobbyist who convinced Congress to buy the rights to the canal for $40 million
- 38. Germany was forced to pay $32 billion in damages to the powers of the Europe
- 40. In order to pay for the war, the government sold these with 3.5 to 4.75% interest, utilizing "Four Minute Men"
- 41. Declared by John Hay in 1899, promised to protect American economic interests in China
- 45. Wilson's personal secretary called it an "earthquake," not "a landslide," with Republican Warren G. Harding winning by over 7 million votes
- 46. Wilson's vision for a post-war world, included clauses like self-determination, freedom of the seas, and a reduction of armaments
- 48. Engaging in journalistic practices that feature banner headlines and lurid reporting in an effort to sell newspapers
- 49. New York Journal published a private letter by the Spanish Minister to the United States, calling McKinley "weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd"
- 50. Anarchist who assassinated President McKinley at the Pan-American Conferencei n Buffalo in 1901
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- 1. Name given to the Spanish-American War by US Secretary of State John Hay, lasting from April 25th to August 12th, 1898
- 3. Teddy Roosevelt once quipped this man had "the backbone of a chocolate eclair"
- 5. Known as the "sucked orange," purchased from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million
- 6. American battleship sent to Hawaii protect American interests in Hawaii following Queen Lydia Liluokalani taking the throne
- 8. Headed by Herbert Hoover, convinced Americans to support the war effort by declaring "Food will win the War!"
- 10. Added to the US declaration of war, said the United States would leave Cuba independent following its defeat of Spain
- 11. Following the destruction of the Sussex, Germany promised not to sink passenger liners without warning them first
- 12. Author of "Influence of Seapower Upon History," supported creation of an American empire after the acquisition of Hawaii
- 13. 16 first-class battleships, including the USS Rhode Island, sent on a "good will" mission around the world to demonstrate US naval strength
- 15. International governing body made up of the world's countries to prevent another war, the United States never joined
- 16. Poem by Rudyard Kipling, spoke of "taking up" the burden of the inferior races and uplifting them to Western ideals
- 20. Nickname for the purchase of Alaska, many Americans thought it would never provide resources to make it worth it
- 23. Led by Society of Righteous Harmonious Fists in 1899, attempted to drive out the "foreign devils," resulting in 1,800 Marines protecting American interests in Peking
- 25. Known as "The Butcher" for his policy of reconcentrados in Cuba, his atrocities were documented in American newspapers
- 26. Members of the Republican Party who supported acquisition of an overseas American empire
- 27. First designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps, completed in 1914 following the deaths of nearly 5,000 Caribbean workers
- 29. Intercepted and deciphered by the British, Germany promised Mexico the return of the American southwest in exchange for their alliance against the United States
- 30. Leader of the movement to "Americanize" the treaty, defeated the treaty many times over in Senate votes
- 32. Members of the Allies and the United States who debated stipulations of the treaty, creating the "least perused and most abused document in history"
- 33. Teddy Roosevelt's brand of "gunboat diplomacy," developed from a West African proverb
- 36. City in France where the negotiations for the Treaty of Versailles were conducted
- 37. French forts along the border with Germany prevented a direct assault, resulting in a savage attack on peaceful Belgium
- 39. Nickname for the American Expeditionary Force because of the dust from the Southwest that covered their uniforms
- 42. German naval invention utilized in unrestricted submarine warfare, sunk 90 ships in the first month
- 43. Owner of the "New York World," competed with Hearst for newspaper sales during the late 19th and early 20th centuries
- 44. Revolution of island residents against the Spanish Empire led to calls for American intervention
- 47. Formerly known as the "Sandwich Islands,"