The Gadsden Purchase

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Across
  1. 2. Strip of land bought by America in current Arizona and New Mexico
  2. 4. Mexican president who sent troops in the Mesilla Valley
  3. 6. The idea that migrating west was Americas destiny
  4. 9. The railroad that was completed with the land purchased in the Gadsden Purchase.
  5. 10. Northwest portion of land in the US
  6. 11. Secretary of State who instructed Gadsden to renegotiate for the territory
  7. 12. State that annexed into the US as the 28th state
Down
  1. 1. When Mexico gave up land in California, New Mexico, and Arizona
  2. 3. Debate whether new territories should be allowed to use slaves
  3. 5. US minister and diplomat who negotiated the Gadsden Purchase
  4. 7. Country who ceded and sold land to the US in the 1850s
  5. 8. President who purchased the Gadsden territory