Manifest Destiny

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Across
  1. 4. ___ Express; mail service across the West
  2. 6. word meaning seizing territory
  3. 7. ___ Railroad; mode of transportation using steam engines
  4. 9. One of two travelers hired by Thomas Jefferson after the Louisiana Purchase.
  5. 10. ___ Rush; discovery of this mineral and the rush of people to CA
  6. 11. The ocean Lewis and Clark finally reached
Down
  1. 1. ___-American War; began after the US annexation of Texas
  2. 2. The first state that people rushed to in search of gold
  3. 3. ____ Act; how people could claim land in the West.
  4. 5. __ Destiny; 19th c American belief about expansion
  5. 8. The guide and interpreter with Lewis and Clark