Westward Expansion

2. The availability of cheap, fertile BLANK made many people want to move west.
5. One economic opportunity that the West could provide was possible BLANK for runaway slaves.
6. Territory that was divided by the United States and Great Britain (1846).
8. A war with Mexico resulted in this territory and the southwest territory becoming a part of the United States (1848).
11. The east was becoming BLANK as the population grew, making many want to move west.
14. They explored the Louisiana Purchase and the Oregon Territory from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
15. Joined the United States as a state in 1845 after becoming an independent from Mexico in 1836 .

1. Who was President when the Louisiana Territory was purchased?
3. Jefferson purchased this territory from France which doubled the size of the United States.
4. The Santa Fe Trail and BLANK were two overland trails many pioneers followed on their move westward?
7. Spain gave this land to the United States through a treaty (1819).
9. The land that doubled the size of the United States overnight was purchased from WHAT country?
10. Two industries that grew out West were farming and BLANK.
12. The idea that expansion was for the good of the United States and was the right of the United States.
13. Many people rushed west in the hopes of finding BLANK in California.