The Mexican American War

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Across
  1. 4. The Treaty of ___________ Hidalgo ended the Mexican American War and gave the US much of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming
  2. 5. The Capital of Mexico, where the US beat Santa Anna's troops
  3. 6. This agreement gave the US the rest of Arizona and New Mexico, creating the border that still exists today
  4. 8. The uprising in California that declared independence
  5. 9. People started living and working on these after Mexico took control of California
  6. 10. Mexicans who lived in California
  7. 12. When it joined the US Mexico was angry and referred to it as the "Stolen Province"
  8. 13. Communities based on religion that were used when the Spanish controlled California
  9. 15. One cause of the Mexican American War was disagreement about where the _______ was between the two countries
  10. 16. Country that controlled California first using missions
Down
  1. 1. Spanish word for "Cowboy"
  2. 2. Territory disputed by the US and Britain that the US received in a treaty
  3. 3. The belief that the US had the right to take the land in the West to spread democracy
  4. 7. The group of US people who declared war on Mexico
  5. 11. US settlers who lived in California
  6. 14. At the beginning of the war the US had better supplies than Mexico but needed more ________
  7. 17. The president of the US during the Mexican American War