Unit 5 Lesson 1 - People and Events

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Across
  1. 2. a purchase named after James Gadsen in which the US purchased more territory from Mexico that would eventually make up the southern part of Arizona and New Mexico
  2. 3. a canal which connected the Great Lakes to New York
  3. 5. a period in American (and world history) when the focus was on machines, factories, and industry
  4. 7. the first national highway which was completed in 1897 connecting Maryland to Illinois
  5. 8. a war that lasted 1 1/2 years, but was won easily by the US because the US had better weapons and leadership
  6. 10. an expedition consisting of a group of explorers led by Meriweather Lewis and William Clark that explored western North American
  7. 11. the ambassador who helped negotiate the treaty
Down
  1. 1. a treaty which stated that the United States had won area in the present day states if Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming
  2. 4. a railroad that was completed in 1869 which connected the east and west coast
  3. 6. two explorers who helped create a map so that Americans would be able to migrate and settle in territory gained from the Louisiana Purchase
  4. 9. was a powerful political figure during the mid 1800's. He served in Congress for several terms and even ran for president several times