Westward Expansion Crossword Puzzle

3. A 2,170-mile east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon.
5. The invasion of tissues by
6. Occurs when an organism gets too few or too many nutrients.
7. Pushes boundaries to advance a cause or idea or break a record.
10. The 1,300-mile long route from Illinois to Utah that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traveled for 3 months.
12. A historical trade route that connected the northern New Mexico settlements of Santa Fe, New Mexico with those of Los Angeles, California and southern California.
13. An armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848.
14. An emigrant trail of about 1,600 miles across the western half of the North American continent from Missouri River towns to what is now the state of California.
16. Railroad that crosses a continental land mass.
17. Encompasses the folklores that have evolved in the present-day United States since Europeans arrived in the 16th century.
18. A state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
20. A lack of total body water.
21. A 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico.
22. A statute enacted by the United States Congress in late 1850.

1. A major land route for immigration into California from the eastern United States that followed the Santa Fe Trail to New Mexico during the California Gold Rush.
2. A Kingdom of the Spanish Empire and New Spain.
4. A significant push toward the west coast of North America
8. A gold rush that began on January 24,
9. A continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere.
11. The advancing border that marked those lands that had been settled by Europeans.
15. A country primarily located in North America.
19. a broad expanse of flatland in North America.