Ch.12: Manifest Destiny (pgs.406-441)

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Across
  1. 3. settlers of Spanish or Mexican descent
  2. 5. granted US land needed to complete transcontinental railroad (2)
  3. 6. residents of Spanish or Mexican descent
  4. 9. became President in 1844 (2)
  5. 11. inherited land grant, established Texas's first legal settlement (2)
  6. 12. diplomat sent to Mexico City to secure an area of land in Texas (2)
  7. 17. mining camps that grew into crowded towns overnight
  8. 18. led American troops in Mexican-American War (2)
  9. 19. rebellion when American settlers declare independence from Mexico
  10. 20. people heading west to strike it rich (438)
Down
  1. 1. captured by Scott after a 3-week siege in Mexican-American War (433)
  2. 2. US would stretch from Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean (2 words)
  3. 4. set Rio Grande as border b/w Texas & Mexico (4)
  4. 7. to add a state
  5. 8. goldseekers who moved to California in 1849 (2)
  6. 10. temporary markets/meeting place
  7. 13. mission building, attacked by Mexican Army
  8. 14. president of Mexico, rejected Texans statehood (2)
  9. 15. Texan commander, won Battle of San Jacinto (2)
  10. 16. connected borders of US