Manifest Destiny Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. To GIVE land to another country.
  2. 5. To ADD land to a country
  3. 6. People who went to California during the gold rush of 1849.
  4. 10. A line of covered wagons that moved together.
  5. 11. The belief that the US had the right and duty to control all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
  6. 12. 1846 to 1848, President Polk declared war on Mexico over disputed land in Texas
  7. 13. An agreement between two nations
Down
  1. 1. The 1803 land deal that doubled the size of America
  2. 2. A route from Missouri to Oregon used by pioneers traveling to settle the Oregon territory
  3. 4. Communities that quickly grow in population
  4. 6. The edge of a country or settled region
  5. 7. Law that ordered all Indian nations east of the Mississippi River to move west of the Mississippi River
  6. 8. The first people to live in America
  7. 9. Someone who went to an area before it was settled
  8. 13. An area of land that is under the authority of a government but is not given the power of self-government