westward expansion crossword
Across
- 4. _________ was a skilled hunter, trapper, and guide.
- 8. of the United States
- 9. This army tried to remove a cannon from the town of Gonzales in 1835.
- 11. traveled to the rocky mountains.
Down
- 1. controlled a vast area of land in the southwest.
- 2. PIKE, A young army officer who got captured
- 3. The practice of having more than one wife.
- 5. A fur trading post at the mouth of the Columbia river
- 6. Realizing the economic value of this territory, the US made treaties with ______ and Russia forcing them to give up their land claims.
- 7. One large group that traveled to the West in search
- 10. This government overthrew the Spanish rule in the early 1800s.