Creating Territories

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Across
  1. 4. people who supported expanding the size of the United States
  2. 9. a discussion between nations with the goal of reaching an agreement
  3. 11. group of islands that the US and Britain "fought" over for 12 years (3 words)
  4. 12. capital of Oregon Territory
  5. 14. lasting from 1861-1865, this war between northern and southern states over slavery, states' rights, and westward expansion was the bloodiest conflict in American history (2 words)
  6. 16. "war" that started in 1859 after an American farmer shot and killed a pig belonging to his British neighbor with the pig being the only casualty of the conflict (2 words)
  7. 17. president of the United States during the Civil War
  8. 18. capital of Washington Territory
  9. 19. the belief that it was the divine mission of Americans to spread their political and religious values to others (2 words)
Down
  1. 1. to step in and settle a dispute or a disagreement
  2. 2. famed Union general who also served at Fort Vancouver before the Civil War and would later become the 18th US president (name with middle initial)
  3. 3. name for the northern forces of the Civil War who fought to end slavery
  4. 5. name Congress rejected when deciding what to call Washington Territory, claiming it would be confused with the nation's capital
  5. 6. law that allowed for the creation of Washington Territory in 1853 (2 words)
  6. 7. first governor of Washington Territory who was also named the Secretary of Indian Affairs and later died fighting for the Union in the Civil War (2 words)
  7. 8. added more territory to the US than any other president, including Oregon Territory (2 words)
  8. 10. 1946 document that determined the border between the US and Canada at the 49th parallel (2 words)
  9. 13. people who live in these can vote for their elected representatives but those representatives are not allowed to vote in Congress
  10. 15. name for the southern forces of the Civil War after southern states ceded (left) the US over slavery