US History

3. of Guadalupe Hidalgo: entitled the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic
4. a person who had been granted the right to settle on land in exchange for recruiting and taking responsibility for new settlers.
6. destiny: the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
8. revolution: The expansion of the marketplace that occurred in early 19th century America
9. a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection.
12. Trail: A 2,200-mile historic east–west large-wheeled wagon route

1. Purchase: a 29,640-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States
2. an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit
5. of Liberty: a theme developed first by Thomas Jefferson to identify the responsibility of the United States to spread freedom across the world.
7. of Texas: an independent sovereign country in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846.
9. Revolution: colonists in the Mexican province of Texas rebelled against the increasingly centralist Mexican government.
10. the Alamo: a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops
11. Grants: a grant of public land, especially to an institution, organization, or to particular groups of people.