Across
- 2. land purchased from Spain as part of the Adams-Onis Treaty
- 4. Treaty of _____ -formally ended the Mexican-American War
- 5. American who urged Texas to revolt against the Mexican government
- 7. belief that that the United States was meant to expand west
- 8. enjoyed greater equality in the West
- 9. legal rights to use the water in a river, stream, or body
- 11. land signed over in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- 13. land that forms the farthest extent of a nation's settled regions
- 14. Mexico claimed the border at the ______ river was wrong
- 15. Texans of Mexican descent
- 16. fur trappers of the Northwest, eager to become rich
- 18. land purchased from Mexico
- 20. give up land
- 21. nickname for fortune seekers looking for gold
- 24. U.S. president during the Mexican-American War
- 26. _____ immigrants helped build railroads and work on farms
- 27. adding Texas to the union
Down
- 1. the U.S. paid Mexico $18 __________ for the Mexican Cession
- 3. land purchased from France
- 6. Texas broke away from Mexico and started its own ____
- 10. clash between ___ troops and Mexican troops
- 12. land given to America from Britain
- 17. many Native Americans were forced to work on ___________
- 19. support for war was strong among ________ and westerners
- 22. a route that stretched more than 2,000 miles to the northwest
- 23. Mexico's president
- 25. the U.S. annexed ______ as a slave state