Spanish American War

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Across
  1. 2. opposed to the idea of one country ruling or having a lot of power or influence over another country
  2. 4. a country that is a group of islands in southeastern Asia, which became a US possession after the war
  3. 6. United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere
  4. 7. Riders” troop of en from many different backgrounds organized by Theodore Roosevelt
  5. 8. a large island nation about 90 miles off the coast of Florida that was a colony of Spain until freed in the Spanish-American War
  6. 11. idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America
  7. 12. The largest and southernmost island in the Marianas
  8. 15. the United States annexed Hawaii and acquired the Philippines, Puerto Rico, parts of the Samoan islands, and other Pacific islands.
Down
  1. 1. Country that became dependent on the US after the Spanish-American War
  2. 3. tensions between the United States and Spain had been mounting for months
  3. 5. the American ship blown up in Havanah harbor in 1898
  4. 9. people that take the other countries by force
  5. 10. exaggerated stories that helped sell newspapers
  6. 13. A policy of extending your rule over foreign countries
  7. 14. written by the Spanish Ambassador to the United States