Across
- 3. this land purchase was used to build a railroad
- 7. this area that's now a state has a peninsula
- 9. Gold was found on this man's California ranch
- 11. this area was around the Great Lakes
Down
- 1. this area covers the middle third of the US
- 2. where the original 13 colonies are
- 4. where the Gadsden purchase is
- 5. after the Gold Rush, abandoned towns were called this
- 6. famous frontiersman who died fighting at the Alamo
- 8. in this battle Santa Anna was defeated by the Texans
- 10. during this war, James Polk was President