Across
- 5. an artificial waterway that cut through the Isthmus of Paname to provide a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, opened in 1914
- 7. a multifamily urban dwelling, usually overcrowded and unsanitary
- 10. invented the telephone
- 11. the policy of extending a nation's authority over other countries by economic, political, or military means
- 12. invented the typewriter in 1867
- 13. the illegal use of political influence for personal gain
- 14. the U.S. policy of using the nation's economic power to exert influence over other countries
- 15. a 1907-1908 agreement by the government of Japan to limit Japanese emigration to the U.S.
- 21. the merging of companies that make similar products
- 23. an alliance of trade and craft unions, formed in 1886
- 24. a cheap and efficient process for making steal
Down
- 1. Between 1910-1940, about 50,000 Chinese immigrants entered the U.S. through this island
- 2. the treaty ending the Spanish-American war
- 3. some labor leaders felt that unions should include all labors-skilled and unskilled - in a specific industry
- 4. favoring the interests of native-born people over foreign-born people
- 6. U.S. warship that mysteriously exploded and sank in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, on February 15, 1898
- 8. A jewish immigrant that led the Cigar Makers' International Union to join other craft unions in 1888
- 9. education program designed to help immigrants assimilate to American culture
- 12. the nonmilitary branches of government administration
- 16. pot a mixture of people from different cultures and races who blend together by abandoning their native languages and cultures
- 17. a volunteer calvary regiment, commanded by Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt, that served in the Spanish-American war
- 18. the growth of cities
- 19. founder of Chicago's Hull House in 1889
- 20. he perfected the incandescent lightbulb
- 22. a labor organization for unskilled workers, formed by a group of radical unionists and socialists in 1905