War with Mexico

8.H.2.1 - Explain the impact of economic, political, social, and military conflicts on the development of North Carolina and the United States.

1. In 1835 Texas declared Independence from ______________.

2. The 1st & most famous defeat of the Texans came at this Spanish Mission known as the ________.

3. The US claimed Texas as part of the ____________________ ___________________.

4. The ___________ River forms the border between the US & Mexico.

5. The US purchased the Louisiana Territory from the ___________.

6. ____________ City is the Capital of Mexico.

7. The US Purchased Florida from _______________ in 1819.

8. After the Texas war for independence, _______ remained a Republic for 10 years before becoming a state.

9. In 1853, the US southern border expanded with the ___________ Purchase, increasing the size of New Mexico & Arizona.

10. _____________ was president when the US bought Florida from Spain.

11. General Andrew _____________ led troops into Florida to capture fugitive slaves.

12. After the war with Mexico, Texas became known as the "Lone _________ State."

13. Strip of land along the Gulf of Mexico called West ____________.

14. Mexican General who was victorious at the Alamo, _______ _______.

15. Tennessee frontiersman who opposed Indian removal & died at the Alamo, _________ ____________.

16. The Philosophy spelled out in the Puzzle is _____________________.