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