Mexican War by Huhta

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Across
  1. 3. USA paid Mexico _____ million dollars for the new territory
  2. 6. Many ______ War generals fought in the Mexican War
  3. 7. General Winfield ________ captured the Mexican capital
  4. 8. "Mexico has shed American blood on American _____" (another word for dirt)
  5. 10. USA believed their border was the Rio ____ River
  6. 11. "We were sent to ____ a fight." -Ulysses S. Grant
  7. 13. The animal on the California flag
  8. 14. President Polk only served ____ term as president
Down
  1. 1. Mexico believed their border was the ____ River
  2. 2. James K. Polk called himself "Young ____" because he wanted to be like Jackson
  3. 4. Polk is buried in this Tennessee city (Mr. Huhta has been there)
  4. 5. The Treaty of Guadalupe ________ ended the war
  5. 9. The political party of James K. Polk
  6. 12. This American general invaded and captured California