Unit 5 | Texas Republic and Early Statehood | Vocab | Crossword Puzzle | Vol. III

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Across
  1. 2. The river that México believed was the southern border of Texas.
  2. 3. The city that the US military captured ended the Mexican-American War
  3. 5. military hero of the Mexican War who became the Whigs' last presidential candidate in 1852
  4. 6. Caused the United States to nearly double in size in the early 1800s.
  5. 8. a general and national hero in the United States Army from the time of the Mexican-American War and the War of 1812, was elected the 12th U.S. President,
  6. 10. a militia was originally formed by Stephen F. Austin in 1823 to protect the territory of Texas
  7. 13. an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848.
  8. 14. addition of new territory to an existing country
  9. 15. a disagreement, argument, or debate.
  10. 19. The river that the United States believed was the southern border of Texas.
  11. 20. A democratic president that ran on a platform of expanding the US to the Pacific Ocean.
Down
  1. 1. Captain of the Texas Rangers in 1840 He fought Mexican troops during the Mexican-American War.
  2. 4. September of 1842, Texas Victory forced the Mexicans to retreat out of Texas
  3. 7. Treaty that ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah
  4. 9. undeveloped land that lies beyond the border of settled territory
  5. 11. an agreement designed to ease tensions caused by the expansion of slavery into western territories
  6. 12. an area, region, or piece of land
  7. 16. an agreement between two or more states or sovereigns a peace treaty.
  8. 17. becoming a state in the United States
  9. 18. a deal between different parties