Across
- 3. The Seminoles were viewed as what?
- 5. Missouri was admitted to the Union as a ______ state
- 9. This president saw adding Texas as a state to be the key to saving his political career
- 10. Once Texas separated from Mexico, they were known as the ________ of Texas
- 12. Californians wanted a __________ to connect the East and West
- 13. Some viewed expansion as __________ to achieve America's destiny
- 14. Mexico required all immigrants to convert to what religion?
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- 1. According to the political cartoon, Uncle Sam should be worried about being swallowed by who?
- 2. Many members of the Whig Party believed that America needed to lead by __________, not conquest
- 3. Manifest destiny was not just about obtaining more land; it was also about expanding _____________
- 4. What strategic value did Florida give to America?
- 6. The socioeconomic structure in California had rich white men at the ____, with ethnic minorities and poor whites at the bottom
- 7. The discovery that continued to reinforce westward movement
- 8. One of the future states of the US whose land was obtained from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- 11. For how many months was Mexico's capital occupied by US forces