US Imperialism Review

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Across
  1. 1. Caribbean Island territory acquired by the US from Spain
  2. 3. pacific island territory acquired by the US from Spain in order to build a military base
  3. 5. territory purchased from russia
  4. 9. Ship that exploded, starting the Spanish American War
  5. 10. 1823 policy that said the US had would interfere with colonization in the Western Hemisphere
  6. 13. 1904 policy that built off the Monroe Doctrine to specifically include Latin America
  7. 14. Proposal that European countries should allow the US to trade in China
  8. 16. belief that territorial expansion and colonization went against America's founding beliefs
  9. 17. territory acquired by the US from Spain for $20 million. A bloody war was fought there.
Down
  1. 2. group of volunteer soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish American War
  2. 4. territory annexed by the US in 1898 after American businessmen disenfranchised native voters and overthrew the Queen
  3. 6. the belief that people of virtue have a responsibility to redeem and civilize others
  4. 7. This fueled American expansion, as companies overproduced and needed new markets to buy American goods
  5. 8. exaggerated news stories that fueled American imperialism
  6. 11. Agreement that Cuba could remain independent but the US could build a military base there
  7. 12. Empire Building
  8. 15. Central American country in which the US built a canal after helping negotiate their independence from Colombia