Westward Expansion

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Across
  1. 2. President Polk wanted to purchase this land from Mexico before the Mexican-American War, but Mexico said no
  2. 5. land acquired by the US after the Mexican-American War
  3. 6. Ordinance A set of rules for adding new states to the United States
  4. 8. He was president when the US gained Florida
  5. 10. Purchase bought for $15 million from France
  6. 11. River Mexico said was the boundary of Texas
  7. 12. He was president when the Louisiana Territory was purchased
  8. 14. Reason California was ready for statehood so quickly
  9. 15. This treaty was made to add Florida to the US
  10. 16. means to add on
Down
  1. 1. treaty that ended the Mexican-American War
  2. 3. River US said was boundary between Mexico and Texas
  3. 4. President during the era of westward expansion
  4. 7. These immigrants came to the US after the Gold Rush
  5. 8. belief that America should stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific
  6. 9. Was acquired through treaty in 1846
  7. 13. was bought to build a southern transcontinental railroad