History Crossword
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- 3. This United States statute is known for splitting the Territory of Dakota into two states.
- 8. Washington State’s largest city is named after this Suquamish and Duwamish chief.
- 9. This is a United States policy that began in 1823 and opposed European colonialism in the Americas.
- 12. This word is the motto of Washington and refers to the white settlers' hope that the region would in time rival the East Coast.
- 13. The first non-Native American woman to climb Mt. Rainier in 1890.
- 16. This was an international treaty made between the United States and the United Kingdom respecting fisheries, boundaries, and the restoration of slaves between the two parties.
- 19. An American career Army officer and politician who served as governor of the Territory of Washington for four years.
- 20. A German-American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul and investor who mainly made his fortune in a fur trade monopoly and by investing in real estate.
- 21. During the winter of 1805-1806, this fort was the encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the Oregon Country near the mouth of the Columbia River.
- 23. This British fur trading post was built in 1824 and was also the early terminus of the Oregon Trail.
- 24. This American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor is famous for his role as a one of the leaders in the first expedition to cross the western portion of the United States.
- 25. A British officer of the Royal Navy who is best known for his exploration of the North Pacific coast of North America.
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- 1. A British explorer in the British Royal Navy, famous for his voyages in the Pacific Ocean and his accurate mapping of it.
- 2. A meeting that took place in the Pacific Northwest between the U.S. and the sovereign tribal nations of five Native American tribes.
- 4. This was a 19th-century United States cultural belief that its settlers were destined to expand throughout the American continents.
- 5. A retail business group that owns and operates retail stores in Canada and the United States.
- 6. This war was a conflict between the United States Army and a Native American Tribe centered in Washington.
- 7. This American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator is famous for his role as a one of the leaders in the first expedition to cross the western portion of the United States.
- 10. This controversy involved the competing claims of Spain and Britain for control of trade and navigation on the Northwest Coast and in the Pacific Ocean.
- 11. This war was triggered by the shooting of a pig.
- 14. These people are a multiancestral indigenous group whose homeland is in Canada and also parts of the United States.
- 15. This man is best known for his claim to have explored the semi-mythical strait known as the Strait of Anián.
- 17. The first Governor of the State of Washington.
- 18. An entrepreneur and a politician who is regarded as the founder of the city of Seattle.
- 22. A Lemhi Shoshone woman who helped and traveled with the Lewis and Clark Expedition from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean in order to help establish cultural contacts with Native Americans.