Across
- 2. members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- 3. the commander-in-chief of the Texan forces to fight against the Mexicans and was for a while the president of texas
- 5. to add a territory to one's own territory
- 8. Mexico gave up Texas and agreed that Rio Grande would be the border between Mexico and Texas
- 10. the belief that the American destiny was to expand to the Pacific Coast
- 14. in which the US pays Mexico $10m for a strip of land
- 15. fronteirsmen living in the mountain wilderness
- 16. Becknell's Route
- 17. head of the Mormon Church
Down
- 1. a community experiencing a sudden growth in business or population
- 4. America gained California from Mexico
- 6. person who sold miners denim pants (jeans)
- 7. battle in Texas where the defenders were massacred at Alamo
- 9. a covered wagon used by pioneers in cross-country travel
- 11. person who went to California during the Gold Rush of 1849
- 12. the most convenient way to get to the West
- 13. a Mexican who claims Texas as his home