Across
- 1. led cuban exiles in the US, urged the US to help the rebels, Cubas greatest poet, long dreamed of an independent Cuba. Killed before he got to see it happen.
- 3. A chain of islands in the south pacific where US steamship companies wanted to set of coaling stations.
- 4. a senator from indiana who believed we needed to expand to gain new resources and more markets.
- 5. historian that put forth the thesis that the western frontier had defined American history
- 7. The state that was bought by the us for 7.2 million dollars. It was thought of as a frozen waste land until they found gold
- 9. Queen, strond advocate of Hawaiian independence and refused to recognize the 1887 constitution. Wanted to restore the power of the monarchy and reduce foreign influence on Hawaii.
- 11. a christian minister who believed that it was our duty to take over other peoples and christinize and civilize them
- 12. a mexican rebel general nicknamed Pancho
Down
- 1. top supporter of expansion, naval captain, and author, said that U.S. prosperity depended on building up trade. Key to strong trade was powerful navy
- 2. the forced movement of large numbers of people into detention camps for military of political reasons
- 6. A group of islands in the north pacific expansionists eyed. Very pretty and was in between asia and US, could serve as a military and commercial outpost in the Pacific
- 8. he was the leader of the planters who overthrew Liliuokalani
- 10. building empires by imposing political and economic control over peoples around the word