history crossword

4. members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, founded by Joseph Smith in 1830
6. an overland route that stretched about 2,000 miles from Independence, Missouri, to the Columbia River in Oregon
7. the position of a person, either socially or professionally
9. a land grant made by the Mexican government, used mostly for raising cattle and crops
10. a musical or vocal background that supports a piece of music
13. done for a good reason
16. the art of conducting negotiations with other countries
17. Spanish-speaking people who, in the 1800s, lived in parts of the United States that previously belonged to Mexico
19. a system for bringing water to farmland by artificial means, such as using a dam to trap water and ditches to channel it to fields
20. to cause a person or group to suffer

1. heavenly or godlike
2. to encourage activity or growth
3. the people who joined the rush for gold in California in 1849
5. the belief that it was the United States' right and duty to spread across the North American continent
8. someone who rules with absolute power, often harshly
11. a reason for doing something
12. a person’s or a group’s impact on future generations
14. a person who moves from one country to another. Such a movement is called immigration.
15. a region of land; also, a region designated by Congress and organized under a governor
18. to add a territory to a country. Such an addition is called an annexation.