westward expansion
Across
- 6. An 1830 law forcing native Americans to leave
- 7. largest city
- 8. plains A flat dry area with rich soil in the midwest
- 9. Rocky Mountains are a high rugged mountain chain in western north America
- 11. land set aside by the Indian removal act
Down
- 1. People who came to California in 1849
- 2. The territory purchased by the US
- 3. The rush of people to an area where gold is
- 4. US army officer and scout
- 5. explorer of the Louisiana territory
- 10. River The longest river