Expansion

4. We're destined by God to expand across the country.
6. The US went to war with this country in 1846 over land disputes and property rights.
8. __________________ Purchase: 500 million acre plot of land that the US purchased for $15 million.
11. Path Native Americans took as they were forced from their homes.
13. Important port city at the end of the Mississippi River and on the Gulf of Mexico.
14. Native American tribe that lived in the Southern US in the Tennessee/Georgia area.

1. The railroad that was built to connect the US to the Pacific.
2. Gold was discovered in this state, which increased the population significantly.
3. After Gold was discovered in Georgia, the ____________Removal Act gave the government permission to kick Native Americans off their lands.
5. 1844 election winner who set his sights on California.
7. Won the 1828 election to become the 7th president of the United States.
9. US bought this territory from Britain which gave them access to the Pacific Ocean.
10. In this purchase, the US gained a chunk of land in Southern New Mexico and Arizona.
12. Fortress that was sieged during the Texas war for Independence.