Manifest Destiny

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Across
  1. 2. , people who traveled to the region in search of riches
  2. 4. , the event where Mexico gave California and New Mexico to the United States
  3. 6. , a clear future
  4. 7. , a wagon used by pioneers when traveling
  5. 8. , the path William Becknell took to make it to Santa Fe
  6. 9. , members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  7. 10. , the event where the United States paid $10 million for the southern edge of Arizona and New Mexico
  8. 12. , when a small texan force barricaded inside a nearby mission
  9. 14. , a village that experienced a rapid increase in business and population
  10. 15. , to combine two territories into one
  11. 16. , commander and chief of the texas military
Down
  1. 1. , the event where Mexico gave up Texas to the Rio Grande
  2. 3. , a path people followed that went through the Great Plains, the Platte River, and the Rocky Mountains
  3. 5. , a german businessman
  4. 6. , people who spend most of their time in the Rocky Mountains
  5. 11. , the founder of the Mormon Church
  6. 13. , mexicans who claimed Texas as their land