Westward Expansion

4. Part of Mexico until 1836. An independent republic from 1836 - 1845. Part of the United States beginning in 1845.
9. The first manmade waterway accessible by boats that connected the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, from Eastern to Western New York State.
12. In 1830, a law that authorized the federal government to negotiate treaties with the eastern tribes, exchanging their lands for lands in the West.
14. Became part of the United States in 1846.
16. A trail from Independence, Missouri northward to the Columbia River in Oregon
19. A southern trail that connected Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico

1. Leaders of the Louisiana Purchase from 1803 - 1806.
2. The process of becoming greater in size, land, or area
3. A community established by a group of people
5. In 1838, an order from the U.S. government ordered the Cherokee nation and other tribes to give up their lands east of the Mississippi River, forcing a hard 700 mile journey to lands in present-day Oklahoma.
6. Sold by Spain to the United States in 1819.
7. Began in 1848; people moved west to find gold in the California hills
8. A formal written agreement between two nations
10. Became part of the United States following the Mexican-American War in 1848.
11. Idea stating that expansion was good for the United States and was the right of the country
13. To buy or obtain
15. A geographical area under the control of an independent nation. In U.S. history, an area that might become a state, or more than one state.
17. The purchase of French land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains in 1803 by Thomas Jefferson
18. The movement of people from one place to another with the intention of settling.