Unit 6 Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. Mexican territory surrendered to the United States at the end of the war with Mexico
  2. 6. practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs
  3. 10. Congressman who represented the wants of the southern states
  4. 13. 8th President, during his presidency America went through an economic crisis called the Panic of 1837
  5. 14. Spanish mission in San Antonio, Texas; the site of a famous battle of the Texas Revolution in 1836
  6. 15. 11th President, during his presidency America gained Texas, and Mexican Cession, and the Gadsden Purchase
  7. 18. the forced removal of Cherokees and their transportation to Oklahoma
  8. 19. people who went to California during the gold rush of 1849
  9. 20. Treaty ending Mexican War and granting vast territories to the United States
  10. 22. act passed by South Carolina that declared the 1832 tariff illegal
  11. 23. canal completed in 1825 that connected Lake Erie to the Hudson River
  12. 25. purchase of land from mexico in 1853 that established the present U.S.-mexico boundary
  13. 29. Political party formed in 1834 to oppose policies of Andrew Jackson
  14. 30. led the Mormon migration to Utah
  15. 31. to add or take over
Down
  1. 1. the right to vote
  2. 2. to give up
  3. 3. law passed in 1830 that forced many Native American nations to move west of the Mississippi River
  4. 4. A political party formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson after the presidential election of 1824.
  5. 7. the right of states to limit the power of the federal government
  6. 8. 1800s belief the America had the right to spread across the continent
  7. 9. Texans defeated the Mexicans, gaining their independence
  8. 11. founder of Texas
  9. 12. road built by the federal government in the early 1800s that extended from Maryland to Illinois
  10. 13. trappers who explored and hunted in Oregon Territory in the early 1800s
  11. 16. Congressman who represented the wants of the western states
  12. 17. 9th President, he served the shortest term as president, only 31 days
  13. 21. was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, minister and ambassador to foreign nations, and treaty negotiator, United States Senator, U.S. Representative
  14. 24. an important trade trail west from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico
  15. 26. 10th President, he took over for Harrison when he died
  16. 27. Trail from independence Missouri to Oregon used by many pioneers during the 1840s
  17. 28. leader of the Texas Revolution and the first president of the Republic of Texas