Unit 4 Vocabulary: Easy

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Across
  1. 4. 1800s belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent.
  2. 6. person of Mexican descent born in Texas
  3. 7. old Spanish mission in Texas where Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged Texans in 1836.
  4. 11. gradual process by which machines replaced hand tools.
  5. 13. forced journey of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia to a region west of the Mississippi during which thousands of Cherokees died
  6. 14. trapper who explored and hunted in Oregon Territory in the early 1800s
Down
  1. 1. long voyage of exploration
  2. 2. to give up a position or territory
  3. 3. military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender
  4. 5. __________ _________ Republic: nickname for Texas after it won independence from Mexico in 1836
  5. 8. ______________ Purchase: vast territory between the Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains, purchased from France in 1803
  6. 9. _________ _______ Act: law passed in 1830 that forced many Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River
  7. 10. route to Oregon used by wagon trains in the 1800s
  8. 12. to add on or take over land or territory