Westward Expansion

2. the rush to California after the discovery of gold in 1848
5. 160 acres of free land in the west offered to Americans.
7. trail that was used as a trade route between the United States and Mexico
11. state in which Gold was found in 1848
13. Mexico's president during the Texas Revolution
16. religious group that traveled to Utah to escape religious persecution
17. all lands that were granted to the United States after the Mexican American War.
19. adding new land to the country
21. group traveling to California who got stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
23. war between Mexico and the United States caused by a border dispute.
24. owner of the property where Gold was found.
25. 11th president of the United States

1. treaty that ended the Mexican American War.
3. the direction Americans moved during the mid 1800s
4. name of the man that was the first American given a colony in Texas
6. site of the last battle of the Texas Revolution where Santa Anna was forced to sign papers granting Texas its independence.
8. group that suffered the most during westward expansion and the Gold rush
9. War between Texans and Mexico over the issues of slavery..
10. the belief that Americans were destined to have all the lands between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
12. mountain range that all American traveling west that to go through.
14. nickname given to people who traveled to California during the Gold Rush.
15. the movement of Americans westward in the 1800s.
18. trail that Americans took between Independence, MO and Oregon.
20. site of the battle that lasted 13 days between Texans and Mexico where all Americans were killed.
22. name of the man that found the Gold on Sutter's property.