Across
- 4. people who supported expanding the size of the United States
- 9. a discussion between nations with the goal of reaching an agreement
- 11. group of islands that the US and Britain "fought" over for 12 years (3 words)
- 12. capital of Oregon Territory
- 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)
- 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)
- 17. president of the United States during the Civil War
- 18. capital of Washington Territory
- 19. the belief that it was the divine mission of Americans to spread their political and religious values to others (2 words)
Down
- 1. to step in and settle a dispute or a disagreement
- 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. name for the northern forces of the Civil War who fought to end slavery
- 5. name Congress rejected when deciding what to call Washington Territory, claiming it would be confused with the nation's capital
- 6. law that allowed for the creation of Washington Territory in 1853 (2 words)
- 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)
- 8. added more territory to the US than any other president, including Oregon Territory (2 words)
- 10. 1946 document that determined the border between the US and Canada at the 49th parallel (2 words)
- 13. people who live in these can vote for their elected representatives but those representatives are not allowed to vote in Congress
- 15. name for the southern forces of the Civil War after southern states ceded (left) the US over slavery