Unit 8 US History

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Across
  1. 3. the movement by people from one place to another with the intention of settling temporarily or permanently in the new location.
  2. 7. an organized division of a country that is not yet admitted to the full rights of a state.
  3. 8. The war officially ended with the February 2, 1848, signing in Mexico of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
  4. 9. March 2, 1836. Texas revolted against Mexico
  5. 10. obvious fate, to settle land all the way to the Pacific Ocean in order to spread democracy
  6. 11. 2,000 miles long, from Independence Missouri to Oregon Country
  7. 12. the action of taking control of something, especially territory.
  8. 13. is a 29,640-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty signed by James Gadsden, the then American ambassador to Mexico at the time, on December 30, 1853.
  9. 14. Americans declared California an independent nation after disagreement over horses meant for the Mexican militia
Down
  1. 1. strained diplomatic relations between US and Mexico became war when tensions rose due to US involvement in Texas and California
  2. 2. An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio, and also known as the Freedom Ordinance or The Ordinance of 1787) was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States (the Confederation Congress), passed July 13, 1787. The ordinance created the Northwest Territory, the first organized territory of the United States, from lands beyond the Appalachian Mountains, between British Canada and the Great Lakes to the north and the Ohio River to the south.
  3. 3. fur traders and trappers mainly found in Rocky Mountains
  4. 4. abandoned mission near San Antonio, TX became important site in Texas Revolution.
  5. 5. The Louisiana Purchase refers to the 530,000,000 acres of territory in North America that the United States purchased from France in 1803 for US $15 million.
  6. 6. gold seeking migrants to California