Across
- 5. A general for the U.S who lead the battle of Buena Vista
- 8. A rebellion
- 9. A term used by gold miners during the gold rush to alert others they found gold
- 12. land granted by Mexico in form of large estates
- 13. last name of the eleventh president of the U.S
- 15. reasons to leave your country
- 16. a military tactic
- 19. The people who lived in modern day Texas in the 1800's
- 20. a settler moving to new land
Down
- 1. to adapt to the culture in the country you currently live in
- 2. 250,000 people traveled this trail in the 1800's
- 3. act of 1862 that made it easy to get cheap land
- 4. He lead the U.S forces in the invasion of Mexico and was the commander of the U.S army
- 6. The belief that America was destined by God to take the western land all the way to the Pacific ocean
- 7. A revolt started by American settlers who were frustrated by Mexican rules
- 10. The treaty that stopped the Mexican American war
- 11. A town that experiences a big population growth in a small period of time
- 14. moving to another country
- 17. The oldest trail in the U.S
- 18. Men who went to California to find gold
