Westward Expansion

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Across
  1. 4. means obvious fate
  2. 6. land acquired for 2-3 cents an acre
  3. 8. young fur trapper who found the South Pass
  4. 11. where Mexico claimed the border to be
  5. 12. What did John Q. Adams say to Spain
  6. 14. mission in Texas
  7. 15. a purchase the US made from Mexico in 1853
  8. 17. who did the US acquire their land from
  9. 18. Texans of Mexican descent
  10. 20. declared the Bear Flag Republic
  11. 21. the Treaty of __________ Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War
  12. 22. people debated whether to _______ Texas or not
  13. 23. US port in Louisiana
Down
  1. 1. Texas was suited for growing ______
  2. 2. baker and businessman from Texas
  3. 3. One of Polk's elections slogans was "fifty-four forty or ______"
  4. 5. land gained from Spain
  5. 7. the first American settlers to travel through the South Pass
  6. 9. this land had claims from Russia, Spain, Great Britain, and the US
  7. 10. something given up
  8. 13. Where Texas claimed the border to be
  9. 16. the first Mexican city taken by Zachary Taylor
  10. 19. head of the Mexican Government