Ellis' crossword
Across
- 5. Texas gained its independence from who? (1)
- 9. Mexico lost how much of their land? (no dash)
- 11. who campaigned that Texas should be "re-annexed" and Oregon should be "re-occupied"? (1)
- 13. Santa Anna suffered heavy casualties at what battle? (3)
Down
- 1. what treaty was signed on Feb. 2, 1848? (4)
- 2. with the losses adding up Mexico turned to old stand by general who? (3)
- 3. the U.S. soldiers attacked by Mexican cavalry on April 25, 1846 where led by who? (2)
- 4. the Mexican American war of 1846-1848 marked the first U.S. armed conflict fought on what?
- 6. Polk was a firm believer in the doctrine of what? (1)
- 7. who declared war on Mexico on May 13? (2)
- 8. about how many Mexicans lived in north of the Rio Grande?(3)
- 10. Mexican cavalry attacked a group pf U.S. soldiers in the dispute zone when? (2)? (1)
- 12. River he instigated a fight by moving troops into the dispute zone between the Rio Grande and the what? (1)
- 14. the Mexicans laid siege to the what fort along the Rio Grande? (2)