Across
- 2. last two remaining vestiges of the once glorious Spanish empire
- 3. Republican Party members who favored machine politics
- 8. Began to revolt against the Spanish in 1895
- 9. Battle cry after the explosion of the USS Maine
- 10. eligible for statehood, but its racial diversity consisting of mostly natives made it unappealing for many Americans
- 12. Shortest war in American history
- 14. Amount of money the US had to pay for the Philippines
Down
- 1. called President McKinley "a bidder for the admiration of the crowd"
- 4. determined that these countries were not foreign countries, but foreign in a domestic sense
- 5. Exploded while stationed in the Havana harbor, killing 260 Americans
- 6. Main political issue between Democrats and Republicans
- 7. reasons included economic and political competition, and Social Darwinism
- 11. Republican Party members who favored reform
- 13. US victory led by future president Theodore Roosevelt and his army of Rough Riders
