Across
- 5. the way a country uses money and resources to produce and buy goods
- 7. The belief in the 1800s that the United States was meant to expand westward all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Many Americans felt it was their duty and destiny to spread their government, culture, and way of life across the continent.
- 8. the act of growing or spreading into new areas
- 9. a nation governed by elected leaders instead of a king or dictator
- 10. a leader's plan or set of rules for solving problems
Down
- 1. he process of joining one country to another
- 2. Groups of people who share similar ideas about government and work together to influence laws and elect leaders. In the 1800s, political parties debated issues like Texas annexation, slavery, and westward expansion.
- 3. the edge of settled land where new communities are built
- 4. a group of men tasked with protecting settlers and keeping order on the Texas frontier
- 6. Money owed by a person or government