Across
- 2. Situation in which people from two countries can occupy an area
- 3. A list of laws supporting a government
- 4. An adventurer of the American West
- 7. To include, absorb
- 8. The belief that the United States was destined by God to extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean
- 10. To block off
- 11. A Texan of Latin American, often Mexican, descent
- 13. Something that can be used for benefit, especially land, minerals, and water
- 17. In addition to
- 18. A way into something or someplace
- 19. A fast-growing community
- 20. Ranch, especially the large estates set up by Mexicans in the American West
- 21. Rancher, owner of a rancho
Down
- 1. Fortune-seeker who came to California during the Gold Rush
- 5. Official order
- 6. Person who acts as police, judge, and jury without formal legal authority
- 9. A canvas-covered wagon used by pioneers in the mid-1800s
- 12. Person who leaves his or her country to live somewhere else
- 14. To set up or create
- 15. To take away
- 16. To provide an explanation for
