Across
- 2. US demanded fair trade in China
- 6. weaker country or territory is controlled politically, economically, or socially by a stronger nation
- 10. US involvement in foreign affairs would involve investment in Latin America and Asia
- 11. conflict that ended with the Treaty of Paris that gave Cuba its independence and Guam to the US
- 12. a seizure of land
- 14. northerners were opposed to admitting this as a new state that allowed slavery
- 15. annexed in 1898
- 18. declared independent as the Bear Flag Republic before being claimed for the US
- 19. US had a divine mission to expand their territory; realized once the US spanned “tip to tip”
- 20. maintain a global military presence to display American power
- 21. built to shorten the distance between the Atlantic and Pacific for trade
- 22. allowed the US to get involved with Latin American affairs
Down
- 1. increased the demand for raw materials meant expanding territories
- 3. sensationalized stories of the Spanish treatment of Cubans stirred up the Americans leading up to the Spanish American War
- 4. form of imperialism practiced in China; exclusive trade, mining, or economic rights
- 5. explosion of this ship led to McKinley asking Congress to authorize use of force to end the conflict in Cuba
- 7. treaty that recognized the Rio Grande as the southern border of Texas
- 8. belief that European countries were superior and that it was their responsibility to civilize the people they took over
- 9. warns Europe of any interference in the western hemisphere
- 13. after a period of isolation, the US “opened” this country to trade; fearing being imperialized, this country quickly started to modernize
- 16. occupied by the US and is acquired after the Spanish American War, becomes an unincorporated territory
- 17. outraged at the annexation of Texas