Across
- 5. an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states
- 8. Black American slave who led the only effective, sustained slave rebellion
- 9. the 1845 annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America
- 11. a landmark case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester
- 13. a roughly 2,000-mile route from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon
- 15. an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829
- 16. an American empresario. Known as the "Father of Texas" and the founder of Texas
- 17. the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849
- 18. a machine for separating cotton from its seeds
- 19. as the first tariff passed by Congress with an explicit function of protecting U.S. manufactured items from overseas competition
- 20. American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837
Down
- 1. This treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico
- 2. a proposal to prohibit slavery in the territory acquired by the United States at the conclusion of the Mexican War
- 3. the antagonistic presidential race of 1828 began practically before Adams even took office
- 4. an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854
- 6. an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848
- 7. a series of forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government
- 10. an American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin
- 12. a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819
- 14. the 15th presidential election, held from Friday, November 1 to Wednesday, December 4, 1844