Western Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. 1853 U.S. land deal with Mexico
  2. 5. President during major U.S. expansion
  3. 7. 1804 expedition to explore the West
  4. 9. Belief in divinely ordained westward expansion
  5. 13. Mormon leader who settled in Utah
  6. 14. Rocky Mountain fur trappers
  7. 15. 1836 battle that secured Texas independence
  8. 18. Frontiersman of the American West
  9. 21. Western explorer and mapmaker
  10. 22. Texas Revolution leader and president
  11. 24. 1848 treaty ending Mexican-American War
  12. 26. Trade route from Missouri to New Mexico
  13. 28. Rapidly growing town during Gold Rush
  14. 29. Large California land grants
Down
  1. 1. 1800s U.S. movement toward the Pacific
  2. 2. Forced Cherokee march to Indian Territory
  3. 4. 1849 California gold seekers
  4. 6. 1803 U.S. land deal with France
  5. 8. Southwestern lands gained in 1848
  6. 10. 1836 Texas Revolution battle site
  7. 11. 1830 law forcing Native Americans west
  8. 12. Mexican leader during Texas Revolution
  9. 16. 2,000-mile pioneer route to Oregon
  10. 17. Religious settlements in the Southwest
  11. 19. U.S. land south of the 49th parallel after 1846
  12. 20. 1845 U.S. addition of Texas
  13. 23. Citizen acting as unofficial law enforcer
  14. 25. Incorporation of Texas into the U.S.
  15. 27. Founder of early Texas settlements