Across
- 1. 18 minute war against Mexico and won by Texas
- 5. How families got to Oregon
- 7. Land acquired for building railroad
- 9. Mountains making westward expansion easier
- 13. Warned other Texans not to fight Mexico
- 14. Leader of the Union Army
- 15. Had more railroads, soldiers, and factories
- 19. People who work to end slavery
- 21. Land the U.S. got in 1848
- 22. Captured by the U.S. ending the Mexican War
- 23. Led the Texans at the Alamo
- 25. Large migration to California to find gold
- 26. What happened to President Lincoln
- 28. 180 Texas Soldiers fought for independence
- 31. Led the Mexicans at the Alamo
- 32. Became a large country after the Mexican War
- 33. Slaves who run away must be returned
- 34. Capital of the Confederate States
- 35. President in 1861 from poor family
- 36. Another name for the U.S.
- 37. Major reason for Civil War
- 39. Signed by the U.S. and Mexico in 1853
- 42. Became the border between Texas and Mexico
- 43. Man responsible for settling Texas
- 44. Became a Republic when gaining its independence
Down
- 2. Had many good generals and soldiers
- 3. Became President in 1845
- 4. Crop grown on plantations
- 6. War between Texas and Mexico over border
- 8. Freed the slaves
- 10. Former slave who helped free others
- 11. Where the Civil War started
- 12. What the U.S. gave to families moving to Oregon
- 16. Texas Army General who said Remember the Alamo
- 17. U.S. rules land from Atlantic to Pacific
- 18. Pulled wagons to Oregon so families could live there
- 20. War between the northern and southern states
- 24. Mexican Friend of Stephen F. Austin
- 27. Route followed from Great Plains to Rocky Mts.
- 29. Became official state in 1850
- 30. Parts of this country were included in Oregon
- 34. President Lincoln's wish after Civil War
- 38. Leader of the Confederate Army
- 40. Very large farms owned by southerners
- 41. Where most civil war battles were fought