Frontier Discovery

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Across
  1. 4. Wide, grassy plains in American Midwest that pioneers crossed while traveling west.
  2. 5. The two-thousand-mile-long trail that led west to the Pacific Ocean.
  3. 11. Jefferson’s land deal with France that doubled the size of the US.
  4. 12. The first settlers to a frontier region.
  5. 13. Group led by the explorers Lewis and Clark that reached the Pacific Ocean.
  6. 14. Nickname for the wagons used by pioneers on the Oregon Trail.
  7. 15. Nickname for pioneers who headed West for the California Gold Rush in 1849.
Down
  1. 1. Geographer’s term for why people go to a place; safety, opportunity, fresh start, etc.
  2. 2. Large state that was an independent republic after rebelling against Mexico.
  3. 3. Law that established how a territory can become a state.
  4. 6. Large West Coast state gained by the U.S. after winning the Mexican-American War.
  5. 7. Idea that America had a God-given mission to settle North America.
  6. 8. Often fatal disease that killed many pioneers travelling to the West.
  7. 9. Unsettled, wilderness region where pioneers claimed land.
  8. 10. Geographer’s term for why people leave a place; no opportunity, violence, racism, etc.