Manifest Destiny

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Across
  1. 2. members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
  2. 3. the commander-in-chief of the Texan forces to fight against the Mexicans and was for a while the president of texas
  3. 5. to add a territory to one's own territory
  4. 8. Mexico gave up Texas and agreed that Rio Grande would be the border between Mexico and Texas
  5. 10. the belief that the American destiny was to expand to the Pacific Coast
  6. 14. in which the US pays Mexico $10m for a strip of land
  7. 15. fronteirsmen living in the mountain wilderness
  8. 16. Becknell's Route
  9. 17. head of the Mormon Church
Down
  1. 1. a community experiencing a sudden growth in business or population
  2. 4. America gained California from Mexico
  3. 6. person who sold miners denim pants (jeans)
  4. 7. battle in Texas where the defenders were massacred at Alamo
  5. 9. a covered wagon used by pioneers in cross-country travel
  6. 11. person who went to California during the Gold Rush of 1849
  7. 12. the most convenient way to get to the West
  8. 13. a Mexican who claims Texas as his home