Manifest Destiny

2. Treaty that ended the Mexican American War
4. Took part in the California Gold Rush
7. War between Mexico and the United States
12. Loyalty to local interests
13. Person who wanted to enlarge the territory of the United States
15. Force journey of Cherokee Indians from their homes in Georgia to lands in the West
16. Nation's destiny to expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean

1. Agreement in 1820, two states admitted and 36 30 line in place
3. To give up
5. Uprising in 1846, claifornia rebelled against Mexican rule
6. Withdraw from the Union
8. Add to an existing country or area
9. Person who worked in the movement to do away with slavery
10. 1830 law that authorized the President to move Indians to new homelands west of the Mississippi
11. Pathway to the Pacific Northwest, beginning in Missouri and ending in Oregon
14. Person migrating from one place to another