American Expansion in the Southwest and the War with Mexico

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Across
  1. 3. when enemy forces try to capture a city or fort
  2. 5. people of Mexican descent in Texas
  3. 7. the nickname that the miners were given
  4. 9. priest who built his first mission in San Diego
  5. 10. old Spanish mission
  6. 14. a fort outside the capital
Down
  1. 1. battle that lasted 18 minutes
  2. 2. Native American and Mexican cowhands
  3. 3. a farmer in New York who founded the Mormons
  4. 4. a ruler with absolute power
  5. 6. man given control of Texas military
  6. 8. producing enough for its own needs
  7. 10. add on
  8. 11. wanted to add Texas and Oregon to the Union
  9. 12. give up
  10. 13. the new Mormon leader after Smith was killed