Across
- 4. Texans battle cry
- 6. president who refuses to annex Texas in 1837
- 9. Polk's nickname
- 11. declares independence in 1836
- 14. starting point of Oregon Trail
- 15. captures Mexico City thus ending the war
- 17. U.S. said this was southern border of Texas
Down
- 1. California was called this briefly
- 2. our God-given right to expand
- 3. U.S. and Britan split Oregon at this parallel
- 5. Mexican dictator
- 7. huge piece of land ceded to U.S.
- 8. "Fifty-four forty or fight!"
- 10. path to the Northwest
- 12. 3rd party candidate in 1844
- 13. John Gast's Manifest Destiny painting
- 16. loser again