History 14-16 Crossword
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
                                                         
 
 
Down: 2) Lincoln opposed it. Mexican and US troops clashed North of the Rio Grande. Wilfred Scott captured Mexico City. Made a national hero out of Zachary Taylor. Didn't contribute to the strengthening of the Union3) sanctioned by God5) Settlement in 1842 of US-Canadian Border disputes in Maine, New York, Vermont, and in the Wisconsin Territory6) allowed settlers in a disputed territory to decide the slavery issue for themselves9) John Slidell was sent to Mexico to secure a boundary adjustment between US and Mexico13) wrote a famous account of his life as a slave14) peace negotiator in Treaty of Guadalope-Hidalgo16) whether he could become a free slave by moving to a free state22) supported new tariffs bill to win support for Andrew Jackson Across: 1) "Young Hickory"-Supported Jackson. Didn't support internal improvements4) led a slave revolt that killed dozens of whites before its suppression7) referred to Oregon 8) broke apart the whigs-states could decide about slavery-the concept of popular sovereignty10) enabled the passage of the Compromise of 185011) Became a 29th state in 1843-Solid Whig opposition12) Buchanon-Pakenham Treaty gave US Oregon from Britain in 1846n of Oregon15) demanded immediate emancipation of slaves17) winner of 1856 election18) 2k mile E-W-N-S large wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon19) led the New Federalists in opposition to moving the 2nd national bank from Boston to Philadelphia20) Brought 30,000 pioneers along the Oregon Trail in 1849; 55,000 in 185021) nation decided could not survive half slave and half free-had civil war23) Mexico gave up all claims to Texas above the Rio Grande and ceded California and New Mexico to the US24) Known as President without a party25) transportation route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri with Sante Fe, New Mexico26) William Lloyd Garrison started this anti-slavery newspaper in 1831 in which he renounced gradualism and called for abolition27) violence between pro- and antislavery settlers in the Kansas Territory28) a dark myth about the Old South, outraged southern slave owners29) Raided the federal arsenol in Harpers Ferry, was captured and executed
 

 

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