History Crossword Week 13

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Across
  1. 2. James Polk believed in a “Manifest _______.” (1)
  2. 7. A border skirmish along this river started off the Mexican-American War. (1)
  3. 8. This war was fought from 1846–1848. (1)
  4. 10. The net gain in U.S. territory after the Mexican-American War was roughly five-hundred and twenty-five ______ square miles. (4)
  5. 11. On April 25 the Mexicans laid siege to this fort. (2)
  6. 12. How many thousand Mexican citizens lived north of the Rio Grande at the time of the Mexican-American War? (3)
  7. 14. What body of water did Polk think the U.S. should spread to? (1)
  8. 15. The Treaty of Guadalupe ______ established the Rio Grande as the U.S. -Mexican border. (3)
Down
  1. 1. What year did Texas gain its independence from Mexico? (2)
  2. 3. Who was president during the Mexican-American War? (full name) (1)
  3. 4. Taylor captured this city in September 1846. (3)
  4. 5. Mexico sold California and the rest of its territory north of the Rio Grande for ___ million dollars. (3-4)
  5. 6. No official declaration of ___ ever came from Mexico. (3)
  6. 9. Who lost the Mexican-American War? (3?)
  7. 13. At the Battle of Buena ______ Santa Anna was forced to withdraw his forces from the Americans. (3)