Mexican American War

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Across
  1. 3. Western territory seized by Stephen Kearny and the Navy
  2. 6. The river Mexico claimed as the true border of Texas
  3. 8. Site of the first major amphibious landing in U.S. history
  4. 9. The 1848 treaty that ended the conflict
  5. 12. Battle where Taylor defeated a much larger Mexican force
  6. 13. The vast territory Mexico was forced to give to the U.S.
  7. 15. An uprising by American settlers in California
  8. 16. The belief that the U.S. was meant to expand across the continent
  9. 17. The first major battle of the war
  10. 18. Important northern city captured by Taylor’s forces in 1846
  11. 19. The hilltop castle where "Los Niños Héroes" fought
  12. 20. The U.S. president during the war
Down
  1. 1. The river that became the official southern border of Texas
  2. 2. A battalion of Irish immigrants who fought for Mexico
  3. 4. The formal act of the U.S. acquiring Texas in 1845
  4. 5. General who led the invasion of central Mexico
  5. 7. Mexican general and president who led his country's forces
  6. 10. The capital captured by Winfield Scott to end the war
  7. 11. General who captured Santa Fe and helped take California
  8. 14. Future president and general who secured northern Mexico