Across
- 2. led the Texans revolt
- 5. southern expansionist supporter of Tennessee
- 7. ruthless general seized power in Mexico
- 13. break away from the union
- 15. general to occupy controlled border line between the two rivers
- 16. publsished uncle toms cabin
- 18. laws that require all citizens to aid in apprehending run away slaves
- 19. 1854-1856 violence between pro slavery and antislavery supporters in Kansas
- 20. fortified somar mission in San Antonio was the site of 1836 defeat and slaughter of Texas of Mexican troops
Down
- 1. miners who went to California after the discovery of gold in 1848
- 3. a system in which black and white abolitionist helped escaped slaves travel to safe areas
- 4. mass migration to California after the discovery of gold in 1848
- 6. seven seceding states
- 8. laws enacted to counteract the fugitive slave act
- 9. led the migration to Texas
- 10. 1848 treaty ending the Mexican American war
- 11. 1853 purchase of land from Mexico
- 12. nation formed in 1835 by Texans who declared independence from Mexico
- 14. several factions united in support of the Wilmont Proviso
- 17. 1846 bill that would ban slavery in the territory war from Mexico