History Crossword

3. a reason for doing something
6. the people who joined the rush for gold in California in 1849
9. a person who moves from one country to another. Such a movement is called immigration.
11. an inherited or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior
15. done for a good reason
17. a land grant made by the Mexican government, used mostly for raising cattle and crops
18. a person’s or a group’s impact on future generations
19. someone who rules with absolute power, often harshly
20. the position of a person, either socially or professionally

1. members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, founded by Joseph Smith in 1830
2. to add a territory to a country. Such an addition is called an annexation.
4. a region of land; also, a region designated by Congress and organized under a governor
5. a musical or vocal background that supports a piece of music
7. heavenly or godlike
8. a system for bringing water to farmland by artificial means, such as using a dam to trap water and ditches to channel it to fields
10. Spanish-speaking people who, in the 1800s, lived in parts of the United States that previously belonged to Mexico
12. to encourage activity or growth
13. the art of conducting negotiations with other countries
14. to cause a person or group to suffer
16. a group of people moving in an slow, orderly way