Imperialism

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Across
  1. 2. — Pacific territory gained by the United States after the war
  2. 5. Sam — symbolic figure representing the United States
  3. 7. War — war in 1898 that made the U.S. a world power
  4. 8. — policy of expanding control over other lands
  5. 10. Roosevelt — president who supported building the Panama Canal
Down
  1. 1. League — group that opposed American expansion
  2. 3. — island where the Battle of San Juan Hill took place
  3. 4. Maine — ship whose explosion helped start the war
  4. 6. Canal — shortcut connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
  5. 9. Journalism — exaggerated newspaper reporting used to influence opinion