Across
- 3. rancher, owner of a rancho
- 5. the belief that the United States was destined by God to extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean
- 8. ranch, especially the large estates set up by Mexicans in the American West
- 9. person who acts as police, judge, and jury without formal legal authority
- 10. a Texan of Latin American, often Mexican descent
- 11. person who leaves his country to live somewhere else
Down
- 1. official border
- 2. a fast growing community
- 4. to add a territory to one's own territory
- 6. fortune seeker who came to California during the Gold Rush
- 7. to block off