Ch 19 crossword

Catholics

Christian denomination increasingly discriminated against in early 1900s

Carranza

Mexican leader who allowed US to send the Army to capture rival Mexican revolutionary

Chinese

ethnic group targeted in first immigration limiting legislation

Roosevelt

leader of US volunteer cavalry unit in Cuba

Uss Maine

American battleship destroyed in Havana harbor in 1898

Boxer Rebellion

Chinese nativist uprising which resulted in multi-national military intervention

Yellow journalism

exaggerated, sensational news style

Philippines

Pacific island group acquired by the US following the War of 1898

Open Door Policy

American belief that all nations should have equal access to trade in China

Punitive

Expedition (1916) to capture Mexican revolutionary

Missionaries

large group of people who carried out American imperialism, especially in China

Latin America

geographical focus of commercial, banking investment in early 20th century

Dewey

US admiral who initiated US seizure of Pacific island group

Big stick

name given to Theodore Roosevelt's form of diplomacy

Aguinaldo

Filipino leader of independence movement

John Jay

US Secretary of State who promoted equal access to trade in China

Dollar

form of diplomacy carried out by Pres William Taft

Germany

nation President Woodrow Wilson accused of supplying weapons to Mexican revolutionaries

Mahan

author of influential book on naval theory

Nativism

fear of rising immigration

Cuba libre

slogan of the Cuban people and their US supporters after 1895

Huerta

successor to Porfirio Diaz as President of Mexico

Diaz

leader of progressive yet very corrupt Mexican government until 1910

Great white fleet

used in 16-month-long goodwill world tour

Puerto Rico

Caribbean island annexed by US following War of 1898

Independence

goal of Cubans since the middle of the 19th century

Pershing

US General who commanded the Punitive Expedition in 1916

rough riders

famous US volunteer unit; participated in Battle of San Juan Hill

Gentlemen’s

agreement limiting Japanese immigration

Spain

nation accused of destroying American battleship in 1898

Panchouilla

revolutionary leader who led attack on New Mexican town in 1916