US History chapter 9 Crossword
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
 
 
Down: 1) leads American settlers to Texas territory 2) from TN, a Jacksonian democrat. was a slaveholder and believed in Manifest destiny 3) Henry Clay vs. James K. Polk 5) military dictator of Mexico 8) treaty between americans and indians. Americans agreed to pay Indians for land damage. Indians agreed to stop harassing wagons9) The U.S paid 10 million for a desert in AZ and NM because they wanted to build the transcontinental railroad through it 10) route to CA, across the Great Basin and the Sierra Nevada 11) Name given to the people who rushed to CA when gold was found 13) under James K. Polk, sent troops to stand in way of the Mexicans who trespassed on American soil 14) Gold was discovered on his property 16) led american troops into Mexico to fight 19) Used high power hoses to wash off the side of the mountain , this was eventually banned 22)  mormon leader 27) route taken by settlers who moved west 29) Mexicans who lived in CA Across: 1) route taken by traders who profited by trading with Mexico4) led the Mormon party into Utah 6) someone who believed that the U.S should grow 7) congress voted to declare war on Mexico 12) documents the CA15) American trappers who hunted in the West 17) the saying that attracted people to Texas's cause to become a part of the U.S republic18) Introduced by congressman David Wilmot in August 8,1846 to ban slavery in the new territories bought from Mexico. It was never passed because the south had a larger influence 20) led american troops into mexico to fight 21) Texas wins independence 22) group who got lost in the Sierra Nevada mountains on the way to the west 23) Mining minerals from a placer by washing or dredging 24) led missions in CA, NM, and TX25) General Santa Anna led troops into the Alamo to attack Texas 26) Oregon boundary dispute between Great Britain and U.S (U.S won)28) one of the first to go to California used his trail to get from CA to the US30) the belief that the U.S. should own all of North America 31) forced Mexico to give up the Northern third of their country to the U.S. 32) In the beginning if 1848 when people came to CA to look for gold in streams and soil 33) led by Brigham Young, went across the Great Plains and the Rockies 34) President Polk's negotiator who was blamed for settling too little with the Mexicans 35) nickname for Texas for the single star on the flag 36) Using underground mining techniques to excavate minerals 37) led Texans into the battle where they won their independence
 

 

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