Life in the Lonestar State

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Across
  1. 5. a statement passed by both houses of a legislature that has the force of law
  2. 7. middle-class landowners and artisans. Most were educated
  3. 9. the 28th U.S. state
  4. 10. American general that won many key battles in the Mexican American war
  5. 12. The group who denied the annexation of Texas into the United States
  6. 15. a crop grown for the purpose of being sold
  7. 20. the belief that the US was destined to extend its borders west to the Pacific Ocean
  8. 22. This group tried to stop Texas from being annexed
  9. 23. A group that was denied citizenship, their right to marry was limited, and they could not gain permanent residence in Texas
Down
  1. 1. represented farmers and workers. They supported TX annexation and slavery (popular in the south)
  2. 2. a mixture of Spanish and English cattle
  3. 3. US President during the Mexican American War
  4. 4. believed in nativism. They wanted to prevent immigration. Many did not like religions such as Catholicism
  5. 6. Texas claimed their border with Mexico was the Rio Grande, but Mexico claimed it was the
  6. 8. a crop grown to be used on the farm where it was raised
  7. 11. did not like the annexation of TX, wanted to abolish slavery, popular in the north)
  8. 13. The painting about Manifest Destiny
  9. 14. a person licensed and paid in land or money to bring settlers into a country
  10. 16. payment for damages and suffering
  11. 17. People who were treated poorly by Anglo-American settlers after Texas gained independence
  12. 18. the incorporating of a country or territory into another country or territory
  13. 19. This country had land in the west, and they were afraid that if Texas were to be annexed
  14. 21. African Americans who were forced to work on plantations/farms