Across
- 1. O'Sullivan Newspaper editor who coined the term "Manifest Destiny" in support of the U.S. annexation of Texas in 1845
- 2. Cleveland 22nd and 24th President of the United States (1837-1908) - opposed the annexation of Hawaii
- 4. T. Mahan Historian who wrote "The influence of Sea Power upon History" in 1890, a book that influenced imperialists like Theodore Roosevelt
- 6. B. Dole American businessman who organized an uprising against Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii and pushed for U.S. annexation of those islands.
- 7. de Lôme Spanish Ambassador to the U.S. in 1898 who's letter calling President William McKinley weak and ineffective helped cause the Spanish American War
- 10. Roosevelt Assistant secretary of the navy; 26th president. Leader of the "rough riders"; hero of San Juan Hill. "Big Stick Policy," added Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
- 11. Liliuokalani A queen of Hawaii and the successor to King Kalakaua (who gave most control to the businessmen in Hawaii through a new constitution) that highly opposed control of Hawaii by the U.S. and wanted to keep the islands mainly native, reducing the power of merchants from foreign nations.
- 12. Carnegie "Robber Baron/Captain of Industry" who formed the Homestead Steel monopoly
- 13. Randolf Hearst Newspaper editor who used "Yellow Journalism" to sell papers and increase support for the Spanish American War
Down
- 1. Riis "Muckraker" and photojournalist who exposed the terrible conditions in tenements and sweatshops in his book, "How the Other Half Lives"
- 3. Aguinaldo Lead a revolt against U.S. occupation of the Philippines
- 5. Kipling Poet who wrote "The White Man's Burden" in response to the U.S occupation of the Philippines after the Spanish American War
- 8. Sinclair "Muckraker" and novelist who exposed the terrible conditions in the Chicago meatpacking industry in his book, "The Jungle"
- 9. Vanderbilt "Robber Baron/Captain of Industry" who formed a railroad and steamboat monopoly