Westward Expansion Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. $15 purchase made by Thomas Jefferson from the French that doubled the size of the US
  2. 5. a series of wars fought by the Seminole tribe in Florida
  3. 6. invention that was the fastest form of land transportation
  4. 9. invention that increased farming efficiency
  5. 11. the idea that settler's were fated to expand westward across the continent
  6. 12. reason why Irish immigrants moved to the US
Down
  1. 1. thousands of Cherokee natives were displaced from their homes and forced to move to Oklahoma
  2. 2. said that the Americas were off limits to further European colonization
  3. 4. territory gained from the Spanish in 1819
  4. 7. territory split with Britain that gave us access to the Pacific Ocean
  5. 8. the act of being discriminated against because of your religion
  6. 10. invention that created faster river transportation