History Chapter 6

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Across
  1. 4. battle led by Sam Houston in which Santa Anna was defeated
  2. 7. Mexico’s agreement to sell land to the United States made the Rio Grande part of the border between the two countries
  3. 9. war between the United States and Mexico over western lands
  4. 12. act of Congress which forced Native Americans to leave their tribal lands and move farther west
  5. 13. mining towns that were abandoned when there was no more gold to be found
  6. 15. 1849 event that brought thousands of people to California to search for gold
  7. 16. leader of the Texas army that defeated Santa Anna in the battle of San Jacinto first president of the Republic of Texas
  8. 19. eighth U.S. President helped the United States during its first economic depression
  9. 22. created the Northwestern border between the United States and Canada
  10. 23. 2,000 mile trail settlers used to travel from Missouri to Oregon Territory
  11. 25. 9th president of the U. S. lived only for one month after becoming president
  12. 27. political party founded by Andrew Jackson’s supporters
  13. 29. people who traveled to California in 1849 to find gold
  14. 31. old Spanish mission where Texans fought against the Mexico to be a free and independent state
  15. 32. American Teacher who wrote The American Spelling Book for school children
Down
  1. 1. dictator of Mexico who harshly ruled over American immigrants living in Mexico
  2. 2. inventor of the cotton gin
  3. 3. established a northeastern border between the United States and Canada
  4. 5. Land purchased from Mexico so that a southern Railroad could be built
  5. 6. 10th U.S. president became president when Harrison died
  6. 8. inventor of the grain reaper
  7. 10. location of the 1849 Gold Rush before becoming a state
  8. 11. Name of the journey which relocated the Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma
  9. 14. land shared by the United States and England as a result of the Oregon Treaty became the Oregon Territory in 1848
  10. 17. Father of the American Factory System
  11. 18. 11th president of the U.S. worked to set the final border between Oregon and Canada
  12. 20. Wrote McGuffey Readers for American school Children
  13. 21. improved the steam engine
  14. 24. leader who has the power to take away individual freedoms from the people
  15. 26. seventh U.S. president first president of the Democratic Party
  16. 28. medical missionaries to the Native American tribes in Oregon
  17. 30. inventor of the Steele plow