Across
- 2. 1845 annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States
- 4. admission of California as a "free state,"
- 5. The idea that the United States is destined-by God
- 6. an unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico
- 7. territorial organic act
- 9. despute on where Texas ended
- 10. economic and political importance of cotton production.
Down
- 1. used by enslaved African Americans to escape into free states
- 3. short lived coliation political party (1848-1854)
- 8. 16 president