Spanish-American War and WWI

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Across
  1. 8. The killing of an important person, usually for political reasons
  2. 9. Pride in your country
  3. 10. The way countries talk and make agreements to solve issues peacefully
  4. 13. France, Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Belgium, and the United States
  5. 14. Agreements between countries to help each other if one is attacked
  6. 15. A volunteer group of fighters led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War
  7. 17. When a country takes over other lands to build an empire
  8. 18. not taking part in a war or conflict
Down
  1. 1. Fighting from long, dug-out ditches in the ground
  2. 2. An island in the Caribbean that became a U.S. territory after the Spanish-American War
  3. 3. An addition to the Monroe Doctrine saying the U.S. could act like a police force in Latin America.
  4. 4. An island that fought for independence from Spain; it became free but under strong U.S. influence
  5. 5. An island in the Pacific taken by the U.S. after the Spanish-American War
  6. 6. A man-made waterway through Panama that helped ships travel between oceans faster.
  7. 7. Turkey/Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary, and Germany
  8. 11. News stories that exaggerate or twist the truth to make people excited or angry
  9. 12. A group of islands that became a U.S. territory after the Spanish-American War
  10. 16. A U.S. Navy ship that exploded in Cuba; its destruction helped start the Spanish-American War