Manifest Destiny

6. System created by railroad companies which split America into 4 time zones
10. War with mexico to obtain and settle in western lands
13. The owner of the american fur company
14. Name given to giant plains when they supported great herds of cattle
15. One of the first folk heroes - famous for expedition & settlement of Kentucky

1. The purchase of the modern day western united states for $15 Million
2. President who bought the Louisiana purchase from France For $15 Million
3. First expedition west, led by former military solider, and later on obtained a shoeshone interpreter
4. Made profit through western wilderness. Helped set up land west of the Mississippi
5. ShoeShone Indian that joined the Lewis and Clark expedition. Was a Interpreter and helped navigate the expedition
7. Company that founded the first important settlement in Oregon county
8. Was sent on expedition to find red river, but was captured by Spain
9. Led expedition and gave report on the rocky mountains land and botany
11. Name given to gold & silver discovery in western Nevada in 1859
12. When cattle is moved in large groups to markets & grazing Lands