Manifest Desinty

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Across
  1. 3. Pro-slavery adventurers trying to seize Latin American territory.
  2. 5. General who captured Mexico City during the Mexican-American War.
  3. 7. Lincoln’s challenge demanding Polk identify the exact spot where blood was shed.
  4. 9. Nickname for James K. Polk because of his connection to Andrew Jackson.
  5. 10. River claimed by the US as the Texas border.
  6. 13. President who pushed annexation of Texas and Oregon.
  7. 14. Border clash used by Polk to justify war with Mexico.
  8. 15. River Mexico claimed as the true Texas border.
  9. 19. General who captured New Mexico and California.
  10. 20. Texas leader who defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto.
  11. 21. Mexican general and president defeated during the Texas Revolution.
Down
  1. 1. Texas settler who supported independence from Mexico.
  2. 2. Belief that Americans were destined to expand across the continent.
  3. 4. Whig candidate defeated by Polk in 1844.
  4. 6. Explorer and military officer involved in California and later Missouri.
  5. 8. Treaty ending the Mexican-American War.
  6. 11. Term describing Polk as an unlikely underdog candidate.
  7. 12. General sent into disputed territory before the Mexican-American War.
  8. 16. Journalist who coined the term Manifest Destiny.
  9. 17. Officer whose patrol was attacked in the Thornton Affair.
  10. 18. Mission where Texan rebels including Davy Crockett were defeated.
  11. 20. Battle where Texas secured independence from Mexico.