Manifest Destiny

3. Agreements made during the Constitutional Convention to appease different factions and ensure the Constitution's ratification.
6. The 1803 acquisition of the Louisiana territory from France, which doubled the size of the United States.
11. Territory that was the final destination of the Oregon Trail.
12. Territory that was settled by Brigham Young and the Mormon pioneers.
13. The meeting in 1787 where the United States Constitution was drafted.
15. The political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison that opposed the Federalists.

1. The rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos in putting up armed resistance to the centralist government of Mexico.
2. The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
4. The early 19th-century expedition commissioned by President Jefferson to explore the newly acquired western territory.
5. The belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
7. The 1830 law that authorized the forced removal of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands.
8. The political party that supported a strong central government and the ratification of the Constitution.
9. Territory that had a population boom thanks to the Gold Rush in 1854.
10. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
14. The war between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848, leading to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.