Social Studies Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. A leader of the Lakota Sioux
  2. 4. Leaders of the expedition to explore the Native Americans and Louisiana Purchase
  3. 5. Founded the earliest precursor of the famous law enforcement organization
  4. 8. Seven-term U.S. Congressman, Speaker of the House, Governor of Tennessee, and the 11th President of the United States
  5. 11. American Politician, Militia Officer, and Frontiersman
  6. 12. United States Army Officer and cavalry commander
  7. 13. Head of the Mormon Church
  8. 14. One of the most famous long hunters ever
  9. 15. Rapid increases in mining activity driven by the discovery of valuable resources
  10. 16. Rapid influx of fortune seekers to the site of newly discovered gold deposits
  11. 18. Dissolution of state legislatures, disarmament of state militias, and abolition of the Constitution of 1824
  12. 19. Document that got signed for the United States to purchase 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million
  13. 20. Mexican army officer and statesman
Down
  1. 2. Provided the land necessary for a southern transcontinental railroad and attempted to resolve conflicts that lingered after the Mexican-American War
  2. 3. An Oglala Sioux chief
  3. 6. Was president when he began to worry that a foreign power might shut down access to New Orleans
  4. 7. A Shoshone (Native American) from the Rocky Moutains
  5. 9. All of the present day states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of Montana and Wyoming
  6. 10. Explorers who lived in the wilderness
  7. 17. Gave government-owned land to small farmers