The Nation Grows and Divides

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Across
  1. 1. 18 minute war against Mexico and won by Texas
  2. 5. How families got to Oregon
  3. 7. Land acquired for building railroad
  4. 9. Mountains making westward expansion easier
  5. 13. Warned other Texans not to fight Mexico
  6. 14. Leader of the Union Army
  7. 15. Had more railroads, soldiers, and factories
  8. 19. People who work to end slavery
  9. 21. Land the U.S. got in 1848
  10. 22. Captured by the U.S. ending the Mexican War
  11. 23. Led the Texans at the Alamo
  12. 25. Large migration to California to find gold
  13. 26. What happened to President Lincoln
  14. 28. 180 Texas Soldiers fought for independence
  15. 31. Led the Mexicans at the Alamo
  16. 32. Became a large country after the Mexican War
  17. 33. Slaves who run away must be returned
  18. 34. Capital of the Confederate States
  19. 35. President in 1861 from poor family
  20. 36. Another name for the U.S.
  21. 37. Major reason for Civil War
  22. 39. Signed by the U.S. and Mexico in 1853
  23. 42. Became the border between Texas and Mexico
  24. 43. Man responsible for settling Texas
  25. 44. Became a Republic when gaining its independence
Down
  1. 2. Had many good generals and soldiers
  2. 3. Became President in 1845
  3. 4. Crop grown on plantations
  4. 6. War between Texas and Mexico over border
  5. 8. Freed the slaves
  6. 10. Former slave who helped free others
  7. 11. Where the Civil War started
  8. 12. What the U.S. gave to families moving to Oregon
  9. 16. Texas Army General who said Remember the Alamo
  10. 17. U.S. rules land from Atlantic to Pacific
  11. 18. Pulled wagons to Oregon so families could live there
  12. 20. War between the northern and southern states
  13. 24. Mexican Friend of Stephen F. Austin
  14. 27. Route followed from Great Plains to Rocky Mts.
  15. 29. Became official state in 1850
  16. 30. Parts of this country were included in Oregon
  17. 34. President Lincoln's wish after Civil War
  18. 38. Leader of the Confederate Army
  19. 40. Very large farms owned by southerners
  20. 41. Where most civil war battles were fought