Westward Expansion

1. these animals pulled the wagon in the wagon train
5. a large land mass
7. What group of people were pushed out of the way when the railroad came through?
9. This was added in 1845 and is really big and borders Mexico.
11. The original settlers were _______ or mountain men
13. What event prompted many people to go west to California?
14. Where were Native Americans forced to live after they were forced off their lands?
17. Pioneers traveled in _______ ______ with dozens of families.
18. This is the territory in the Pacific Northwest acquired in 1846
19. If you moved onto land and farmed it, you would be given the land. This was called ____________

2. During what century did the United States grow quickly?
3. This railroad was completed in 1869
4. these supplies help and supplies along the journey west
6. By 1850, the population of the United States was _____ million
8. types of communication and transportation at the time were telegraph lines and ________ or trains
10. type of government in the United States
12. In 1803, the government bought a huge territory called the ______ Purchase.
15. As soon as enough ____ moved into a territory, it could become a state
16. This was the most famous Trail!