U.S. History 10 Chapter 9 Vocabulary Crossword

Sauk Indian chief who fought against U.S. Expansion
An investor in a new business hoping to make money
The revolution where people began to buy and sell goods rather than make them for themselves
An economic system where private businesses & individuals control the factors of production
Inventor of the telegraph
An excavated waterway which reduced shipping costs
U.S. settlers in Texas
Mexican settlers in Texas
Form of transportation which succeeded canals in popularity
Westward travel route between Missouri & The Willamette Valley
Inventor of the mechanical reaper
Belief that the U.S. had the god given right and duty to span North America
Westward travel route between Missouri & New Mexico
Mormon leader who moved his people west to Utah
abandoned mission & fort in Texas where Davy Crockett was killed
To incorporate a territory into another, as in Texas in 1838
First president of the independent Republic of Texas
U.S. President who favored territorial expansion, particularly Texas
Mexican President & military leader for much of the war with the United States
U.S. Army Colonel who captured Santa Fe & California during the Mexican War
U.S. Army General nicknamed "Old Rough & Ready"
This purchase of land in 1853 would establish the current borders of the lower 48 states
California city which exploded in population as a result of the gold rush