Manifest Destiny

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Across
  1. 5. This is the land that America annexed after its war with Mexico
  2. 8. This was the American responsible for first colonizing Texas
  3. 10. this is a peaceful agreement signed between two countries
  4. 11. when a country gives up land
  5. 14. This was the biggest massacre of Texans during their revolution against Mexico
  6. 17. This is the land that America bought so that they could build a transcontinental railroad
Down
  1. 1. the idea that America was destined to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific
  2. 2. This land was acquired from Spain by Andrew Jackson
  3. 3. This was considered a farmer's paradise
  4. 4. This is the country that America fought from 1846-1848
  5. 6. This is the state that Native Americans were moved to because of the Indian Removal Act
  6. 7. This is the Manifest Destiny President
  7. 9. This land was originally settled by the "Old 300"
  8. 12. This is the state that was part of the 1849 Gold Rush
  9. 13. having peaceful negotiations with another country (talking, not fighting)
  10. 15. Texans remembered the massacre of those who fought the Mexican Army
  11. 16. when a country takes land