Unit 6 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. trappers who explored and hunted in Oregon Territory in the early 1800s
  2. 4. 1800s belief the America had the right to spread across the continent
  3. 6. Mexican territory surrendered to the United States at the end of the war with Mexico
  4. 7. road built by the federal government in the early 1800s that extended from Maryland to Illinois
  5. 10. supervised the Mormon migration to Utah beginning in the 1840s. He was the first governor of Utah when it became a U.S. territory.
  6. 12. a leading member of the House of Representatives for Kentucky under Presidents Madison and Monroe who spoke for the interests of the West, and who later served as a U.S. senator and Secretary of State.
  7. 14. the right to vote
  8. 15. to add or take over
  9. 16. canal completed in 1825 that connected Lake Erie to the Hudson River
  10. 18. act passed by South Carolina that declared the 1832 tariff illegal
  11. 21. purchase of land from mexico in 1853 that established the present U.S.-mexico boundary
  12. 22. a U.S. political party dating from the 1820s to the present that at first spoke out for small farmers and workers against moneyed businessmen and whose policies have changed over the years
  13. 23. Adams sixth President of the United States who earlier served as a U.S. diplomat, senator, and Secretary of State.
  14. 25. ninth President of the United States. In 1841, he died of pneumonia after only a month in office.
  15. 26. the forced removal of Cherokees and their transportation to Oklahoma
  16. 27. the right of states to limit the power of the federal government
  17. 31. statesman from South Carolina who held many offices in the federal government, including Vice President and U.S. senator. He became a strong supporter of states’ rights. In 1850, he foresaw future conflicts over slavery that would eventually lead to the American Civil War.
  18. 32. practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs
Down
  1. 1. a term to describe one of more than 80,000 people who joined the California Gold Rush in 1849
  2. 2. Spanish mission in San Antonio, Texas; the site of a famous battle of the Texas Revolution in 1836
  3. 5. Treaty ending Mexican War and granting vast territories to the United States
  4. 8. Trail from independence Missouri to Oregon used by many pioneers during the 1840s
  5. 9. the eighth President of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841. He was blamed for the Panic of 1837 and the widespread unemployment and poverty that it brought and was not reelected for a second term.
  6. 11. Texans defeated the Mexicans, gaining their independence
  7. 13. law passed in 1830 that forced many Native American nations to move west of the Mississippi River
  8. 17. to give up
  9. 19. founded the first colony of U.S. settlers in Mexican Texas
  10. 20. instrumental in Texan independence and its subsequent annexation by the United States.
  11. 24. an important trade trail west from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico
  12. 28. a U.S. political party active between 1832 and 1858 that backed government support for the economy
  13. 29. tenth President of the United States, serving from 1841-1845. He accomplished little during his presidency due to quarrels between Whigs and DemocratsIndian Removal Act- law passed in 1830 that forced many Native American nations to move west of the Mississippi River
  14. 30. eleventh President of the United States, serving from 1845-1849. He led the expansion of the United States to the Pacific Coast through the acquisition of the Oregon Territory and the Mexican Cession.