Ch 12 People

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Across
  1. 1. Discovered a pass through the Sierra Nevada that ended up being named after him.
  2. 5. Carried out his father's plan of accepting and moving to a huge tract of land in Texas.
  3. 7. A Tennessee frontiersman and congressman who fought and died at the Battle of the Alamo.
  4. 9. Led the defense against the Mexican Army at the Rio Grande border.
  5. 10. Led the men in the Alamo against the Mexican Army.
  6. 11. A German American who established the American and Rocky Mountain Fur Companies.
Down
  1. 2. The commander in chief of the Texas Army.
  2. 3. Captured Santa Fe without firing a shot on his way to help other troops in California.
  3. 4. The leader of the Mexican Army. (First and Middle Name Only)
  4. 6. Created what became the South Pass which passed over the Rockies into California.
  5. 8. Led the group of people who founded the colony of Deseret in Utah.