Across
- 4. something that can be used for benefit, especially land, minerals and water
- 6. a Texan of Latin American, often Mexican, descent
- 8. a list of laws supporting government
- 10. a fast growing community
- 11. a canvas-covered wagon used by pioneers in the mid 1800's
- 12. the belief that the United States was destined by God to extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean
- 15. fortune seeker who came to California during the Gold Rush
- 17. to set up or create
- 19. person who acts as police, judge, and jury without formal legal authority
- 20. ranch, especially the large estate set up by Mexicans in the American west
Down
- 1. a way into something or someplace
- 2. to add a territory to one's own territory
- 3. to provide an explanation for
- 4. rancher, owner of a rancho
- 5. an adventurer of the American west
- 7. situation in which people form two countries can occupy an area
- 9. to include , absorb
- 11. in addition to
- 13. official order
- 14. to block off
- 16. to take away
- 18. person who leaves his or her country to live somewhere else