Westward Expansion

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Across
  1. 3. land west of the Mississippi
  2. 4. document that ended War of 1812
  3. 6. changes made within a place or thing to make it better
  4. 9. NC's first attempt at a public school system
  5. 10. worked to awaken NC by making internal improvements
  6. 11. site of gold find in CA that brought 300,000 starting in 1848
  7. 13. site of first documented gold find in the US (NC)
  8. 14. belief that the US would expand west
  9. 15. 1803 real estate transaction in which the US bought land from France for 15 million dollars
  10. 17. Patriotism
  11. 18. toward the west
  12. 19. law passed in 1830 under president Andrew Jackson that allowed US government to relocate Native American tribes
Down
  1. 1. laws each state can make; not federal governments
  2. 2. to increase the size of something
  3. 5. nickname for NC because it was slow to move forward
  4. 7. conflict that started over the annexation of Texas (1845-1848)
  5. 8. towns that were built fast because of the CA gold rush
  6. 12. the route Native American tribes were forced to take that led to reservations
  7. 16. two and a half year conflict between America and Britain over trade restrictions, June 1812-February 1815